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CeutaOPEN: Individual-based field observations of breeding snowy ploversCharadrius nivosus [PDF]

Bird Conservation International, 2019
AbstractShorebirds (partimmembers of order Charadriiformes) have a global distribution and exhibit remarkable variation in ecological and behavioural traits that are pertinent to many core questions in the fields of evolutionary ecology and conservation biology.
Eberhart-Phillips, Luke J., Cruz-López, Medardo, Lozano-Angulo, Lydia, del Ángel, Salvador Gómez, Rojas-Abreu, Wendoly, Küpper, Clemens   +5 more
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Shorebird Monitoring Using Spatially Explicit Occupancy and Abundance

Land, 2023
Loss of habitat and human disturbance are major factors in the worldwide decline of shorebird populations, including that of the threatened migratory piping plover (Charadrius melodus).
Eve Bohnett, Jessica Schulz, Robert Dobbs, Thomas Hoctor, Dave Hulse, Bilal Ahmad, Wajid Rashid, Hardin Waddle   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Role of body size and shape in animal camouflage. [PDF]

Ecol Evol
In this review, we analyzed the research on the impact of animal body size and shape on their camouflage and outlined existing research issues and challenges. Overall, we found a negative correlation between body size and the effectiveness of disruptive coloration and background matching as camouflage strategies.
Yu H, Lin Z, Xiao F.
europepmc   +2 more sources

Reply to ‘Commentary CeutaOPEN, individual-based field observations of breeding snowy plovers Charadrius nivosus’

, 2021
In their commentary, Székely et al. (SA) question our publication of a long-term dataset on threatened Snowy Plovers Charadrius nivosus breeding at Bahía de Ceuta, Mexico. The commentary was submitted to Scientific Data but rejected by the editors, who based on the reports of two reviewers concluded that our data descriptor had reasonably acknowledged ...
Cruz-López, Medardo, del Ángel, Salvador, Lozano-Angulo, Lydia, Bucio-Pacheco, Marcos, Küpper, Clemens, Eberhart-Phillips, Luke, Rojas-Abreu, Wendoly   +6 more
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Using dune restoration on an urban beach as a coastal resilience approach

Frontiers in Marine Science, 2023
Coastal dunes are globally recognized as natural features that can be important adaptation approaches for climate change along urban and natural shores.
Karina K. Johnston, Jenifer E. Dugan, David M. Hubbard, Kyle A. Emery, Melodie W. Grubbs   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

The importance of open data describing prey item species lists for endangered species

Ecological Solutions and Evidence, Volume 4, Issue 2, April–June 2023., 2023
Knowledge of prey items that support endangered species within a region is a critical conservation planning tool. This is an example of a scientific synthesis of the relative frequency of reported prey items and collection methods for listed and endangered terrestrial vertebrate species within the central drylands of California.
C. J. Lortie, Jenna Braun, Rachel King, M. Westphal   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Nest Site Selection by Kentish Plover Suggests a Trade-Off between Nest-Crypsis and Predator Detection Strategies [PDF]

, 2014
Predation is one of the main causes of adult mortality and breeding failure for ground-nesting birds. Micro-habitat structure around nests plays a critical role in minimizing predation risk.
Gómez-Serrano, Miguel Ángel, López-López, Pascual   +1 more
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The effectiveness and cost efficiency of different predator exclosure designs to increase piping plover (Charadrius melodus) nest success and fledging rate in Alberta, Canada

Conservation Science and Practice, Volume 5, Issue 4, April 2023., 2023
A nesting piping plover (Charadrius melodus) inside a predator exclosure in Alberta, Canada. Image credit: Gordon Court. Abstract An estimated 30% of the North American piping plover (Charadrius melodus) breeding population occurs in Canada, where it is Endangered.
Susan H. Peters, Lance Engley, Amanda Rezansoff, David R. C. Prescott, Paul F. Jones   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Factors influencing the abundance of wintering western snowy plovers at Crown Memorial State Beach

California Fish and Wildlife Journal, 2021
Survival during the nonbreeding season, when mortality from food shortages and raptor predation is highest, influences shorebird population growth. These selection pressures, as well as anthropogenic influences, can shape wintering shorebird habitat use ...
David L. Riensche
doaj   +1 more source

The sands of time: Predicting sea level rise impacts to barrier island habitats

Global Ecology and Conservation, 2023
Coastal beach ecosystems support critical habitat for numerous species and are vulnerable to sea level rise. Sand beaches are spatially and temporally dynamic, making it difficult to accurately predict future habitat loss – estimates that are crucial as ...
Erin L. Koen, William J. Barichivich, Susan C. Walls   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source