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Piping Plovers Nesting Amongst Cottonwood Saplings

Waterbirds, 2007
Abstract Piping Plovers (Charadrius melodus) typically nest on unvegetated sand or gravel substrates throughout their breeding range. We report on the atypical habitat characteristics of four Piping Plover nests that we found amongst young cottonwood (Populus deltoides) saplings on a sandbar island in the Missouri River along the South Dakota-Nebraska ...
Conor P. McGowan, Daniel H. Catlan, Galen D. Jons, Gregory A. Pavelka   +3 more
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Accidental Egg Removal by Incubating Piping Plovers

The Wilson Journal of Ornithology, 2009
Abstract Clutch reduction (the disappearance of 1 or more eggs) is often reported in studies examining avian reproductive success and has typically been attributed to nest predation. We recorded clutch reductions at 20 (11%) of 188 Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus) nests at Chaplin Lake, Saskatchewan from 2002 to 2004.
Corie L. White, R. Mark Brigham, Stephen K. Davis   +2 more
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Piping Plover, Charadrius Melodus

2000
This fact sheet contains information about the piping plover, a small, beach-nesting shorebird on the endangered species list. Information included consists of identification, habitat, and status and conservation (as of 2000) of this species of bird.
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Pathological Complexity Theory and the Piping Plover

Adaptive Behavior
Walter Veit has written an important book about his theory of Pathological Complexity positing animals’ life history challenges as the driving force behind the evolution of consciousness. I agree completely with his “bottom-up” approach, emphasizing the animal’s world view and sensory capacities, not human’s, when attempting to ...
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Draft: Keeping the Piping Plover in New Jersey's Future: A Synopsis of Population Status and a Framework for Piping Plover Recovery in New Jersey

2000
This proposal suggests the following framework and specific actions to reverse current trends and begin recovery of piping plover populations in New Jersey: Increase the focus of protection and management on state and federal beaches including state parks and natural areas, national parks, and national wildlife refuges.
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Piping plover population dynamics and effects of beach management practices on piping plovers at West Hampton Dunes and Westhampton Beach, New York

2014
In the early 1990's, a series of habitat changes caused by storms and subsequent beach management by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE, The Corps) provided a unique opportunity to study piping plover population dynamics in a changing environment.
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The Piping Plover

1987
Susan M. Haig, Lewis W. Oring
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Economic considerations in the endangered species debate: The case of the piping plover

Human Dimensions of Wildlife, 1997
John M Halstead
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Piping Plover

1992
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Factors affecting piping plover hatching success on Long Island, New York

Journal of Wildlife Management, 2011
Julie A Heath
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