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Effects of drought on the abundance and distribution of non-breeding shorebirds in central California, USA.

PLoS ONE, 2020
Conservation of migratory species requires anticipating the potential impacts of extreme climatic events, such as extreme drought. During drought, reduced habitat availability for shorebirds creates the potential for changes in their abundance and ...
Blake A Barbaree, Matthew E Reiter, Catherine M Hickey, Khara M Strum, Jennifer E Isola, Scott Jennings, L Max Tarjan, Cheryl M Strong, Lynne E Stenzel, W David Shuford   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Breeding Dispersal of Baltic Dunlins Is Not an Adaptive Response to Unpredictable Nest Flooding

Animal Conservation, EarlyView.
Flood‐related nest losses of the Baltic dunlin (Calidris alpina schinzii) have drastically increased over the past two decades. Using 20 years of reproductive data from 184 individuals, we found that between‐year and within‐site dispersal tended to increase following nest failure in males.
Jelena Belojević, Lisa Kreye, Florian Braig, Mikko Oranen, Clemens Küpper, Kari Koivula, Veli‐Matti Pakanen   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Foraging Ecology of Fall Migrating Shorebirds in the Illinois River Valley [PDF]

, 2008
As of mid-November 2008, we have: 1) removed, and preserved the ingesta of 134 shorebirds collected during fall 2008; 2) extracted habitat (core) samples from the collection site and a random site for each bird to determine food selection and ...
Smith, R.V., Yetter, A.P., Horath, Michelle M., Hine, C.H., Stafford, Joshua D.   +4 more
core  

Ecological Correlates of 20-Year Population Trends of Wintering Waterbirds in Deep Bay, South China

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2021
Along the East Asian-Australasian flyway (EAAF), waterbirds are threatened by a wide range of human activities. Studies have shown that wintering populations of many species have declined in Australia and Japan; however, long term data along China’s ...
Yik-Hei Sung, Yik-Hei Sung, Chun-chiu Pang, Chun-chiu Pang, Tom Chung-hoi Li, Paulina Pui Yun Wong, Yat-tung Yu   +6 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

Movement and habitat use of non‐breeding Semipalmated Sandpiper (Calidris pusilla) at the Banco dos Cajuais in Northeast Brazil

Conservation Science and Practice, 2022
Semipalmated sandpipers are Arctic breeding shorebirds that migrate to South America during the non‐breeding season. Little work has been done to understand the daily movements, foraging habits and metabolic state of this species on stationary ...
Rebeca C. Linhart, Diana J. Hamilton, Julie Paquet, J. Onofre N. Monteiro, Gabriela P. Ramires, Jason A. Mobley   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

The collective application of shorebird tracking data to conservation

Conservation Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract Addressing urgent conservation issues, such as the drastic declines of North American migratory birds, requires creative, evidence‐based, efficient, and collaborative approaches. The abundance of over 50% of monitored North American shorebird populations has declined by over 50% since 1980. To address these declines, we developed a partnership
Autumn‐Lynn Harrison, Candace Stenzel, Alexandra Anderson, Jessica Howell, Richard B. Lanctot, Marley Aikens, Joaquín Aldabe, Liam A. Berigan, Joël Bêty, Erik Blomberg, Juliana Bosi de Almeida, Andy J. Boyce, David W. Bradley, Stephen Brown, Jay Carlisle, Edward Cheskey, Katherine Christie, Sylvain Christin, Rob Clay, Ashley Dayer, Jill L. Deppe, Willow English, Scott A. Flemming, Olivier Gilg, Christine Gilroy, Susan Heath, Jason M. Hill, J. Mark Hipfner, James A. Johnson, Luanne Johnson, Bart Kempenaers, Paul Knaga, Eunbi Kwon, Benjamin J. Lagassé, Jean‐François Lamarre, Christopher Latty, Don‐Jean Léandri‐Breton, Nicolas Lecomte, Pam Loring, Laura A. McDuffie, Rebecca McGuire, Scott Moorhead, Juan G. Navedo, David Newstead, Erica Nol, Alina Olalla‐Kerstupp, Bridget Olson, Elizabeth Olson, Julie Paquet, Allison K. Pierce, Jennie Rausch, Kevin Regan, Matthew E. Reiter, Amber M. Roth, Mike Russell, Daniel Ruthrauff, Sarah T. Saalfeld, Amy L. Scarpignato, Shiloh Schulte, Nathan R. Senner, Joseph A. M. Smith, Paul A. Smith, Zach Spector, Kelly Srigley Werner, Michelle L. Stantial, Audrey R. Taylor, T. Lee Tibbitts, Mihai Valcu, Nils Warnock, Walter Wehtje, Brad Winn, Michael B. Wunder   +71 more
wiley   +1 more source

“Coastal” versus “inland” shorebird species: interlinked fundamental dichotomies between their life- and demographic histories? [PDF]

, 2003
In this contribution I present an extended but testable hypothesis (or “evolutionary scenario”) to explain how and why many life-history features of latitudinal migrant shorebirds, basically characterised by the correlation between habitat choice in the ...
Piersma, Theunis; id_orcid, Piersma, Theunis,, Piersma, Theunis   +2 more
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Spatio‐temporal responses of a migratory shorebird community reflect complex trade‐offs among overabundance of predators and disturbance

Ecological Solutions and Evidence
Animal selection of foraging grounds is a trade‐off among available feeding resources, intra and interspecific competition, disturbance and predation risks. The present study was carried out at Kadalundi‐Vallikkunnu Community Reserve on the West coast of
K. M. Aarif, Aymen Nefla, Zuzana Musilova, Petr Musil, Sora M. Estrella   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Numerical Response of Migratory Shorebirds to Prey Distribution in a Large Temperate Arid Wetland, China

Scientifica, 2016
Wuliangsuhai Lake provides important breeding and stopover habitats for shorebirds. The health of this wetland ecosystem is rapidly deteriorating due to eutrophication and water pollution and environmental management is urgently needed.
Yamian Zhang, Yi Zhu, Aojie Zuo, Li Wen, Guangchun Lei   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source