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Shorebird responses to fine‐scale water level fluctuations and macrofauna biomass in a newly constructed freshwater wetland

Restoration Ecology, EarlyView.
Abstract Introduction Restoration of marine and freshwater wetlands for shorebirds is essential for the recovery of their declining populations. An ongoing approach is to restore shorebird habitats by large‐scale engineering, expecting the return of birds once suitable abiotic conditions are (re)established.
Lars Ursem, Elisabeth S. Bakker, Hui Jin, Casper H. A. van Leeuwen   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Mechanisms promoting higher growth rate in arctic than in temperate shorebirds [PDF]

, 2002
We compared prefledging growth, energy expenditure, and time budgets in the arctic-breeding red knot (Calidris canutus) to those in temperate shorebirds, to investigate how arctic chicks achieve a high growth rate despite energetic difficulties ...
Piersma, Theunis,, Schekkerman, Hans,, Tulp, Ingrid,, Visser, G. Henk,   +3 more
core   +2 more sources

Microbial influence on the formation and subsequent changes of vertebrate tracks: field experiments on present‐day coastal sediments

Sedimentology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The presence of microbial mats is often invoked to explain the good preservation of vertebrate tracks, because they can cover and biostabilize such structures. However, microbial influence on the sediment properties when the track is made and on the track characteristics has not been so thoroughly analysed.
Isabel Emma Quijada, Lucía Maisano, Jerónimo Pan, María Florencia Yorlano, Diana G. Cuadrado   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Population estimates of shorebirds on the Atlantic Coast of southern South America generated from large-scale, simultaneous, volunteer-led surveys

Journal of Field Ornithology
Population abundance and trend estimates are crucial to science, management, and conservation. Shorebirds, which are abundant in many coastal habitats and play important roles in coastal ecosystems, are facing some of the most dramatic population ...
Fernando A. Faria, Joaquín Aldabe, Juliana Bosi de Almeida, Juan J Bonanno, Leandro Bugoni, Robert P Clay, Julian Garcia-Walther, Agustina González, Arne J. Lesterhuis, Guilherme Tavares Nunes, Nathan R. Senner   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

High daily energy expenditure of incubating shorebirds on High Arctic tundra: a circumpolar study [PDF]

, 2003
1. Given the allometric scaling of thermoregulatory capacity in birds, and the cold and exposed Arctic environment, it was predicted that Arctic-breeding shorebirds should incur high costs during incubation.
Amat, Andreev, Cartar, Castro, Drent, Drent, G. H. Visser, Gessaman, Grönlund, Grönlund, H. Schekkerman, Hammond, Hicklin, Hötker, I. Tulp, J. Jukema, J. Reneerkens, Kersten, Kersten, Kirkwood, Lifson, Morrison, Morrison, Morrison, Nagy, Piersma, Piersma, R. H. Drent, R. I. G. Morrison, Schekkerman, Speakman, T. Piersma, Tatner, Tinbergen, Tulp, Verboven, Visser, Wiersma, Å. Lindström   +38 more
core   +4 more sources

Flooding and a complex predator community drive American oystercatcher nest and chick survival in Virginia

The Journal of Wildlife Management, Volume 90, Issue 2, February 2026.
We investigated low American oystercatcher (Haematopus palliatus) productivity in the Virginia barrier islands, which historically supported high oystercatcher reproductive success. We found that chick survival was lower than nest survival, and that management may need to adapt to address evolving threats from coastal flooding and a multi‐guild ...
Mikayla N. Call, Alexandra L. Wilke, Christy N. Wails, Kristy C. Lapenta, Sarah M. Karpanty, James D. Fraser, Pamela Denmon   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

When species are lost but functions persist: a trait‐based perspective on Wadden Sea bird diversity dynamics

Oikos, Volume 2026, Issue 2, February 2026.
Biodiversity faces several global threats and communities are likely to show complex delayed responses. Accurately measuring these lags is critical to properly understand diversity dynamics. Here, we investigated these delays with minimal data availability and found critical mismatches between the temporal dynamics of taxonomic and functional diversity
Lucie Kuczynski, Ana Maria Bastidas‐Urrutia, Jan Bernhard Kalusche, Christian Hof, Gregor Scheiffarth, Alexey Ryabov, Helmut Hillebrand   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Oil and natural gas development influence nest‐site selection and nest survival of upland‐nesting waterfowl and shorebirds

Wildlife Society Bulletin, 2018
Native grasslands provide important breeding habitat for many upland‐nesting waterfowl and shorebirds. However, recent increases in oil and gas development in native grassland may alter the quantity and quality of this globally threatened habitat.
Sarah M. Ludlow, Stephen K. Davis
doaj   +1 more source

The mitochondrial genome of two long-distance migratory shorebirds: the Hudsonian godwit (Limosa haemastica) and the Red knot (Calidris canutus)

Mitochondrial DNA. Part B. Resources, 2020
We report the mitochondrial genome sequences of two migratory shorebirds, the Hudsonian godwit (Limosa haemastica) and the Red knot (Calidris canutus) obtained through shotgun sequencing.
Camila Gherardi-Fuentes, Juan G. Navedo, Claudio Verdugo   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Interactions between shorebirds and benthic invertebrates at Culbin Sands lagoon, NE Scotland: effects of avian predation on their prey community density and structure [PDF]

, 2007
In the North Sea, during autumn-winter, intertidal flats often receive a massive influx of migratory shorebirds (wildfowl, waders and seabirds), which utilise the high prey densities that are available.
Boyle, Peter R., Mendonca, Vanda Mariyam, Raffaelli, David George   +2 more
core   +3 more sources