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Waders in a sea of debris: a global overview

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The impact of plastic pollution on ecosystems and marine fauna is well documented, although research into its effects on waders (also known as shorebirds) remains limited. Given that waders are exposed to coastal marine litter, this exposure could be a significant factor in the decline of their populations. This study aims to assess the global
Yada Trapletti‐Lanti, Mónica Expósito‐Granados, Elizabeth Znidersic, Marga L. Rivas   +3 more
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Provision of artificial shelter on beaches is associated with improved shorebird fledging success

, 2011
Artificial chick shelters might improve productivity of beach-nesting birds threatened by anthropogenic disturbance. We investigated the efficacy of three different chick shelter designs against four criteria: accessibility to chicks over time, thermal ...
ANDREW K. DUIVENVOORDEN, Beintema, Buech, Burger, Burness, Dowding, Flemming, Goldin, GRAINNE S. MAGUIRE, Jenkins-Jay, Jimenez, Keane, Kruse, MICHAEL A. WESTON, Mueller, O’Connor, ROBYN ADAMS, Schulz, Schulz, Stoyle, Stoyle, Weston, Weston, Wills   +23 more
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Human Disturbance and Stage-Specific Habitat Requirements Influence Snowy Plover Site Occupancy During the Breeding Season [PDF]

, 2013
Habitat use has important consequences for avian reproductive success and survival. In coastal areas with recreational activity, human disturbance may limit use of otherwise suitable habitat.
Anderson, Arnold, Beale, Betts, Burger, Burger, Cohen, Colwell, Colwell, Crampton, Doherty, Doherty, Doligez, Elias, Emery, Engeman, Federal Register, Flemming, Folk, Folk, Fraser, Gore, Himes, Hines, Hood, Hutto, Kosztolányi, Kuwae, Lafferty, Lamonte, Loegering, Lott, MacKenzie, Maguire, Martin, Matessi, McIntyre, Muir, Nguyen, Pagano, Page, Page, Powell, Powell, Preston, Ricklefs, Rota, Sergio, Sergio, Verhulst, Weston, Weston, Weston, Wilson, Winton, Wood, Yasué, Zar   +57 more
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Managing the Threat of Subsidized Predators for a Threatened Shorebird

Animal Conservation, EarlyView.
Subsidized predators—native predators that have become more common due to human activities—challenge the persistence of many at‐risk prey species and require creative solutions beyond lethal predator control. In an 8‐year study, we placed small wire cages over western snowy plover nests that allow passage of plovers, but not their predators, and ...
R. R. Swaisgood, R. L. Smith, J. G. Schuetz, T. Wooten, L. I. Vilchis   +4 more
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A Colony of Cape Cod Piping Plover [PDF]

The Auk, 1919
(Uploaded by Plazi from the Biodiversity Heritage Library) No abstract provided.
openaire   +2 more sources

The Cape San Blas Ecological Study [PDF]

, 1997
Eglin AFB on Cape San Blas consists of approximately 250 acres located about 180 miles east of the main Eglin reservation. This area lies on the S1.
Carthy, Raymond R., Colwell, Sheila V., Kitchens, Wiley M., Lamont, Margaret M., Pearlstine, Leonard G., Percival, H. Franklin   +5 more
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When and why to give shorebirds a head start

Conservation Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract Headstarting is a translocation technique involving the hatching or rearing of wild eggs or young in captivity and the release of those individuals back to the wild at or before independence. It has been trialed as a conservation intervention for shorebirds over recent decades to improve the population trend of target populations by increasing
Lynda Donaldson, Alex Nicol‐Harper, Rebecca Lee, Nigel S. Jarrett, Geoff M. Hilton   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Predator Exclosures Enhance Reproductive Success but Increase Adult Mortality of Piping Plovers (Charadrius melodus)

Avian Conservation and Ecology, 2010
Piping Plovers (Charadrius melodus) are listed as endangered throughout Canada and the United States Great Lakes region. Most attempts to increase their numbers have focused on enhancing reproductive success.
Colleen Barber, Astrid Nowak, Kirby Tulk, Linda Thomas   +3 more
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Piping plover and least tern populations and habitat in western Iowa : final report, 1989. [PDF]

, 1989
During the 1900s, humans have converted much of the middle Missouri River from a slow-moving, meandering river into a narrow, fast-moving stream. These changes have been dramatically documented in Iowa.

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Relationships between chick vocalizations and parental absence in Kentish Plovers

Ibis, EarlyView.
Chick calls within bird species vary greatly, often in relation to whether parents are present. We studied chick calls in a nidifugous shorebird, the Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus, in three circumstances—(1) on the nest with parental presence; (2) on the nest with parental absence; and (3) out‐of‐nest with human observer presence—and ...
Dong‐Yun Lee, Edward H. Miller, Ju‐Hyun Lee, Woo‐Yuel Kim, Seung‐Jun Oh, Ha‐Cheol Sung   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source