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Assessing the Cumulative Impacts of Wind Farms on Peatland Birds: A Case Study of Golden Plover _Pluvialis Apricaria_ in Scotland

Mires and Peat, 2008
The distribution of golden plover across Scotland was modelled using land cover and management variables, and used to highlight the spatial association between golden plover abundance and current and proposed wind farm developments.
J.W. Pearce-Higgins, L. Stephen, R.H.W. Langston, J.A. Bright   +3 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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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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Shorebird Records from Pangpang Bay, East Java, Indonesia [PDF]

BIO Web of Conferences
Pangpang Bay is one of the essential ecosystem areas located in East Java and also it is part of the East Asia Australia Flyway (EAAF). This area is an important habitat as a stopover site for migratory shorebirds.
Mohammad Siddiq Arif, Wimbaningrum Retno, Sulistiyowati Hari, Setiawan Rendy, Dita Sari Anggita, Husna Siregar Nurul, As-singkily Maslim   +6 more
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Assessing the cumulative impacts of wind farms on peatland birds: a case study of golden plover Pluvialis apricaria in Scotland [PDF]

Mires and Peat, 2008
The distribution of golden plover across Scotland was modelled using land cover and management variables, and used to highlight the spatial association between golden plover abundance and current and proposed wind farm developments.
J.W. Pearce-Higgins, L. Stephen, R.H.W. Langston, J.A. Bright   +3 more
doaj  

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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American golden plover (Pluvialis dominica statius Muller, 1776): New species in the ornithofauna of Serbia [PDF]

Zaštita prirode, 2021
This paper presents the finding of a new bird species in the fauna of Serbia - American golden plover Pluvialis dominica that was recorded at the Ečka fishpond near Zrenjanin city (UTM 34T DR51).
Mareš Miroslav, Rajković Draženko
doaj   +1 more source

Ecosystem recharge by volcanic dust drives broad-scale variation in bird abundance [PDF]

, 2015
Across the globe, deserts and volcanic eruptions produce large volumes of atmospheric dust, and the amount of dust is predicted to increase with global warming.
Aradóttir, Arnalds, Arnalds, Arnalds, Arnalds, Arnalds, Arnalds, Arnalds, Arnalds, Arnalds, Arnalds, Ausden, Ayris, Baratoux, BirdLife International, Björnsson, Brady, Bullard, Chadwick, Curry, Dagsson-Waldhauserova, Dagsson-Waldhauserova, Dagsson-Waldhauserova, Duggen, Eger, Einarsson, Einarsson, Engelstaedter, Field, Garrison, Gathorne-Hardy, Gisladottir, Gislason, Gunnarsson, Gunnarsson, Gunnarsson, Helgadóttir, Hooper, Jakobsson, Jickells, Johannesdottir, Kålås, Langmann, Lequy, McGovern, McTainsh, Nriagu, Olgun, Oskarsson, Paradis, Pelzer, Prospero, Prospero, Reynolds, Ridley, Sankey, Shinn, Siebert, Sigurdsson, Suchodoletz, Thorarinsdottir, Thorarinsson, Thordarson, Verhulst, Vitousek, Webley, Wilson, Wilson   +67 more
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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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First Costa Rican record of Pacific Golden-Plover (Pluvialis fulva, Gmelin, 1789) (Aves: Charadriidae) [PDF]

Check List, 2014
Here we report on the first observation of Pacific Golden Plover in Central America, from Costa Rica.
Julio Sánchez, Johan Ramírez, César Sánchez   +2 more
doaj   +3 more sources