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Effects of climate change and anthropogenic modification on a disturbance-dependent species in a large riverine system [PDF]

, 2017
© The Author(s), 2017. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License. The definitive version was published in Ecosphere 8 (2017): e01653, doi:10.1002/ecs2.1653.Humans have altered nearly every natural disturbance
Brown, Mary Bomberger, Catlin, Daniel H., Dinan, Lauren R., Fraser, James D., Hunt, Kelsi L., Jorgensen, Joel G., Karpanty, Sarah M., Zeigler, Sara L.   +7 more
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Adult piping plover habitat selection varies by behavior

Ecosphere, 2021
Piping plovers (Charadrius melodus, “plover”) are beach‐nesting shorebirds that occupy their breeding range from about April to August. When plovers arrive on the breeding grounds, they select and defend territories, lay and incubate eggs, and tend to ...
Samantha Robinson, Henrietta Bellman, Katie Walker, Daniel Catlin, Sarah Karpanty, Shannon Ritter, James Fraser   +6 more
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Flight initiation distances of nesting Piping Plovers (Charadrius melodus) in response to human disturbance

Avian Conservation and Ecology, 2016
Birds frequently interact with people when they occur in coupled human-ecological or anthropogenic environments, which makes the protection of legally protected species a challenge.
Joel G. Jorgensen, Lauren R. Dinan, Mary Bomberger Brown   +2 more
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Piping Plover response to coastal storms occurring during the nonbreeding season

Avian Conservation and Ecology, 2015
The increase in coastal storm frequency and intensity expected under most climate change scenarios is likely to substantially modify beach configuration and associated habitats.
Nadine R. Bourque, Marc-André Villard, Marc J. Mazerolle, Diane Amirault-Langlais, Eric Tremblay, Serge Jolicoeur   +5 more
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Predicted Sea‐Level Rise‐Driven Biogeomorphological Changes on Fire Island, New York: Implications for People and Plovers

Earth's Future, 2022
Forecasting biogeomorphological conditions for barrier islands is critical for informing sea‐level rise (SLR) planning, including management of coastal development and ecosystems.
S. L. Zeigler, B. T. Gutierrez, E. E. Lentz, N. G. Plant, E. J. Sturdivant, K. S. Doran   +5 more
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The persistence of IXTOC-I oil along the South Texas coast [PDF]

, 1984
The ongoing study, initiated in April 1978, monitors the bird population utilizing this stretch of Gulf coast beach along with sea and weather conditions, beach profile measurements, demographic trends in this rapidly developing area, and the types of ...
Amos, Anthony F.
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Interior Least Tern and Piping Plover nest and brood survival at managed, off-channel sites along the central Platte River, Nebraska, USA 2001-2015

Avian Conservation and Ecology, 2018
The Platte River Recovery Implementation Program (PRRIP) and its partners invested substantial resources in creating and managing off-channel nesting habitat for Interior Least Terns (Sternula antillarum athalassos) and Piping Plovers (Charadrius melodus)
Patrick D. Farrell, David M. Baasch, Jason M. Farnsworth, Chadwin B. Smith   +3 more
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A pragmatic approach for comparing species distribution models to increasing confidence in managing piping plover habitat

Conservation Science and Practice, 2020
Conservation management often requires decision‐making without perfect knowledge of the at‐risk species or ecosystem. Species distribution models (SDMs) are useful but largely under‐utilized due to model uncertainty. We used an ensemble modeling approach
Brooke Maslo, Sara L. Zeigler, Evan C. Drake, Todd Pover, Nathaniel G. Plant   +4 more
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Using GPS location data to assess red fox responses to predator exclosure setup and hatching at shorebird nests

Wildlife Society Bulletin, 2023
Wire cages (i.e., predator exclosures) are frequently used to protect shorebird nests from predation. While exclosed nests often have higher survival than unexclosed nests, concerns exist over whether the conspicuous structures might draw attention of ...
Kathleen M. Black, Sarah M. Karpanty, Samantha G. Robinson, Henrietta A. Bellman, Katie M. Walker, Daniel H. Catlin, James D. Fraser   +6 more
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Piping plovers demonstrate regional differences in nesting habitat selection patterns along the U.S. Atlantic coast

Ecosphere, 2021
Habitat studies that encompass a large portion of a species’ geographic distribution can explain characteristics that are either consistent or variable, further informing inference from more localized studies and improving management successes throughout
Sara L. Zeigler, Benjamin T. Gutierrez, Anne Hecht, Nathaniel G. Plant, Emily J. Sturdivant   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source