Mate fidelity in a polygamous shorebird, the snowy plover (Charadrius nivosus) [PDF]
Ecology and Evolution, 2019 Social monogamy has evolved multiple times and is particularly common in birds. However, it is not well understood why some species live in long‐lasting monogamous partnerships while others change mates between breeding attempts.
Naerhulan Halimubieke +7 more
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Integrated population modelling reveals potential drivers of demography from partially aligned data: a case study of snowy plover declines under human stressors [PDF]
PeerJ, 2021 Knowledge of demography is essential for understanding wildlife population dynamics and developing appropriate conservation plans. However, population survey and demographic data (e.g., capture-recapture) are not always aligned in space and time ...
Qing Zhao +4 more
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The Influence of Tide, Wind, and Habitat on the Abundance and Foraging Rate of Three Species of Imperiled Plovers in Southwest Florida, USA [PDF]
Animals, 2023 Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus), Snowy Plover (Charadrius nivosus), and Wilson’s Plover (Charadrius wilsonia) are imperiled species that overlap in both their range and habitat outside the breeding season.
Jayden L. Jech, Elizabeth A. Forys
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Allelic diversity and patterns of selection at the major histocompatibility complex class I and II loci in a threatened shorebird, the Snowy Plover (Charadrius nivosus) [PDF]
BMC Evolutionary Biology, 2020 Background Understanding the structure and variability of adaptive loci such as the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) genes is a primary research goal for evolutionary and conservation genetics.
Medardo Cruz-López +10 more
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Human disturbance and stage-specific habitat requirements influence snowy plover site occupancy during the breeding season. [PDF]
Ecol Evol, 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.
Webber AF, Heath JA, Fischer RA.
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Using Decision Science for Monitoring Threatened Western Snowy Plovers to Inform Recovery [PDF]
Animals, 2021 Western Snowy Plovers (Charadrius nivosus nivosus) are federally listed under the US Endangered Species Act as Threatened. They occur along the US Pacific coastline and are threatened by habitat loss and destruction and excessive levels of predation and ...
Bruce G. Marcot +3 more
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Neoptile feathers contribute to outline concealment of precocial chicks [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2021 Camouflage is a widespread strategy to increase survival. The cryptic plumage colouration of precocial chicks improves camouflage often through disruptive colouration.
Veronika A. Rohr +3 more
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Salient object detection dataset with adversarial attacks for genetic programming and neural networksMendeley Data [PDF]
Data in BriefMachine learning is central to mainstream technology and outperforms classical approaches to handcrafted feature design. Aside from its learning process for artificial feature extraction, it has an end-to-end paradigm from input to output, reaching ...
Matthieu Olague +3 more
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Identification of priority shorebird conservation areas in the Caribbean [PDF]
PeerJ, 2020 Despite being geographically central to the Atlantic Americas Flyway for migratory birds, the Caribbean is often overlooked or underappreciated when addressing the conservation of North American shorebirds.
Jessica R. Cañizares, J. Michael Reed
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Nest initiation and flooding in response to season and semi-lunar spring tides in a ground-nesting shorebird [PDF]
Frontiers in Zoology, 2019 Background Marine and intertidal organisms face the rhythmic environmental changes induced by tides. The large amplitude of spring tides that occur around full and new moon may threaten nests of ground-nesting birds.
Silvia Plaschke +4 more
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