Report on wintering western snowy plovers at Coos Bay north spit and impacts to plovers from the North Jetty repair project, winter 2009 [PDF]
The Western Snowy Plover (Charadrius alexandrinus nivosus) breeds along the coast of the Pacific Ocean in California, Oregon, and Washington and at alkaline lakes in the interior of the western United States (Page et al. 1991). Loss of habitat, predation
Lauten, David J. +4 more
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Nest site selection by Kentish plover suggests a trade-off between nest-crypsis and predator detection strategies. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 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.
Miguel Ángel Gómez-Serrano +1 more
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Seasonal body mass changes in Eurasian Golden Plovers Pluvialis apricaria staging in the Netherlands: decline in late autumn mass peak correlates with increase in raptor numbers [PDF]
, 2003 Eurasian Golden Plovers Pluvialis apricaria staging in the Netherlands during the non-breeding season show strikingly constant seasonal changes in body mass with a first mass peak in late November and December and a second peak in late April and May ...
Jukema, Joop, +6 more
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Ecosphere, 2023 Breeding habitat selection is a critical component of the annual cycle because of its effect on fitness. Multiple theories of habitat selection can be differentiated by their responses to the quantity of habitat, conspecific density, and habitat quality.
Rose J. Swift +5 more
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Density and abundance of Mountain Plovers in northeastern Montana [PDF]
, 2008 Estimates of local abundance for declining species provide important information necessary for conservation measures. We estimated the density and abundance of Mountain Plover (Charadrius montanus) in Phillips and Valley counties in north-central Montana
Dinsmore, Stephen +3 more
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Extremely low Plasmodium prevalence in wild plovers and coursers from Cape Verde and Madagascar
Malaria Journal, 2017 Background Relatively little is known about the prevalence of blood parasites in shorebirds, especially those breeding in the tropics. The prevalence of blood parasites of the genera Plasmodium, Haemoproteus and Leucocytozoon was assessed in blood ...
Josué Martínez-de la Puente +8 more
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Comparative foraging ecology of two broad-ranging migrants, grey plover Pluvialis Squatarola and whimbrel Numenius Phaeopus (Aves: Charadrii), in tropical and temperate latitudes of the Western Indian Ocean [PDF]
, 1994 Bibliography: leaves 186-205.A seasonal study of the nonbreeding foraging ecology of Grey Plovers and Whimbrels was undertaken at the Zwartkops estuary, South Africa, and additional data were collected from a variety of sites in tropical and south ...
Turpie, Jane
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Report on Wintering Western Snowy Plovers at Coos Bay North Spit and Impacts to Plovers from The North Jetty Repair Project, Winter 2009 [PDF]
, 2009 The Western Snowy Plover (Charadrius alexandrinus nivosus) breeds along the coast of the Pacific Ocean in California, Oregon, and Washington and at alkaline lakes in the interior of the western United States (Page et al. 1991). Loss of habitat, predation
Lauten, David J. +2 more
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Factors Affecting Interannual Movements of Snowy Plovers [PDF]
, 1996 We studied the interannual movements of 361 individually color-banded adult Snowy Plovers (Charadrius alexandrinus nivosus) at Great Salt Lake, Utah from 1990 to 1993.
Paton, Peter W. C. +1 more
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Ecosphere, 2021 Sand and gravel mining creates novel ecosystems along the Platte, Loup, and Elkhorn rivers in Nebraska, USA. Piping plovers and least terns are state and/or federally threatened and endangered species, respectively, that nest and raise young at these ...
Joel G. Jorgensen +3 more
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