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Biological Conservation, 2001
In order to better understand the nature ofdisturbances to wintering snowy plovers, I observed snowy plovers and activities that might disturb them at a beach near Devereux Slough in Santa Barbara, California, USA. Disturbance (activity that caused plovers to move or fly) to wintering populations ofthreatened western snowy plovers was 16 times higher ...
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Habitat selection by western snowy plovers during the nonbreeding season

The Journal of Wildlife Management, 2011
AbstractConservation of rare populations requires managing habitat throughout the year, especially during winter when northern populations may be limited by food and predation. Consequently, we examined distribution of nonbreeding western snowy plovers (Charadrius alexandrinus), including individually marked birds that were year‐round residents and ...
Kevin M. Brindock, Mark A. Colwell
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Status of the Western Snowy Plover in Coastal Los Angeles and Orange Counties, California

Western Birds, 2023
From 2004 to 2021 we monitored the Western Snowy Plover (Charadrius nivosus nivosus) in coastal Los Angeles and Orange counties, California. Following an absence of 68 years, it returned to nest in 2017. Since then, the plovers have nested at three locations in Los Angeles County and four in Orange County, where numbers of nests at Anaheim Bay, Bolsa ...
Thomas P. Ryan +7 more
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Long-Distance Breeding Dispersal of Snowy Plovers in Western North America

The Journal of Animal Ecology, 1994
1. The year-round movements and nesting activities of snowy plovers that bred on the California coast in the Monterey Bay and Point Reyes areas were closely monitored between 1984 and 1989. 2. About half of 208 females and a quarter of 190 males with histories of one or more complete breeding seasons were absent from focal nesting areas for all or part
Lynne E. Stenzel +5 more
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