Download or read book Conservation of the Piping Plover Charadrius Melodus in the Great Lakes Region written by Lauren Christine Wemmer and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Recovery Plan for Piping Plovers Charadrius Melodus of the Great Lakes and Northern Great Plains written by Great Lakes/Northern Great Plains Piping Plover Recovery Team and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Conservation of the Piping Plover Charadrius Melodus in the Great Lakes Region written by Lauren C. Wemmer and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 155 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Recovery Plan for the Great Lake Piping Plovers Charadrius Melodus written by Great Lakes/Northern Great Plains Piping Plover Recovery Team and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Revised Plan for Piping Plovers Charadrius Melodus Breeding on the Great Lakes and Northern Great Plains written by Great Lakes/Northern Great Plains Piping Plover Recovery Team and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Endangered and Threatened Species of the Platte River written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2005-02-24 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The tension between wildlife protection under the Endangered Species Act and water management in the Platte River Basin has existed for more than 25 years. The Platte River provides important habitat for migratory and breeding birds, including three endangered or threatened species: the whooping crane, the northern Great Plains population of the piping plover, and the interior least tern. The leading factors attributed to the decline of the cranes are historical overhunting and widespread habitat destruction and, for the plovers and terns, human interference during nesting and the loss of riverine nesting sites in open sandy areas that have been replaced with woodlands, sand and gravel mines, housing, and roadways. Extensive damming has disrupted passage of the endangered pallid sturgeon and resulted in less suitable habitat conditions such as cooler stream flows, less turbid waters, and inconsistent flow regimes. Commercial harvesting, now illegal, also contributed to the decline of the sturgeon. Endangered and Threatened Species of the Platte River addresses the habitat requirements for these federally protected species. The book further examines the scientific aspects of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's instream-flow recommendations and habitat suitability guidelines and assesses the science concerning the connections among the physical systems of the river as they relate to species' habitats.
Download or read book Great Lakes Piping Plover written by and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 4 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Ecology and Management of the Endangered Piping Plover at the Cat Island Restoration Project in Lower Green Bay Lake Michigan written by Demetrius Lafkas and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The endangered population of Great Lakes piping plover (Charadrius melodus) has nested at Cat Island Restoration Site in lower Green Bay, Wisconsin since 2016. Daily monitoring and research at Cat Island during the 2016-2021 breeding seasons have provided a detailed description of nesting and fledgling success of individually marked birds in a 5 ha (12.36 acres) gridded area. I acquired more detailed information about social behavior and species interactions of nesting piping plovers during the 2019 and 2020 nesting seasons. The goal of this analysis is to better understand the ecology and demography of the population and to provide a foundation for future management and monitoring decisions at Cat Island. The number of nesting piping plover pairs has increased from a single nest in 2016 to 6 nests in 2021. A total of 40 young birds have fledged during this 6 year period, with significant variation among years due to management-relevant issues including predation, avian botulism (2020), and demographic stochasticity resulting in a shortage of breeding males (2021). Adult piping plovers with unique band combinations have revealed a high degree of site philopatry and site specificity at the level of individual territories within the nesting area. Vegetation sampling during August 2020 showed that the native American searocket, (Cakile edentula); colonized Cat Island naturally and is associated with sand/cobble substrates characteristic of the main piping plover nesting area. Non-native invasive species like Phragmites australis (common reed) and Lythrum salicaria (purple loosestrife) were negatively associated with the piping plover nest area. During the past 6 years vegetation has gradually encroached into the habitat used by piping plovers, although management efforts have been fairly successful in controlling the spread of unwanted vegetation into the core nesting area. Piping plovers at the Cat Island Restoration Site shared their nesting habitat with killdeer (Charadrius vociferous), spotted sandpiper (Actitis macularius), common tern (Sterna hirundo), and transient or migrant birds that used the site irregularly. Interactions with killdeer were generally antagonistic when piping plover chicks were present, whereas interactions with killdeer at other times and interactions with spotted sandpipers were more neutral. Presence of common terns benefitted nesting piping plovers because the terns provided an effective warning system for potential predators. At least 16 potential avian predators and 4 mammalian predators were observed in or near the piping plover nesting area. I provide a literature review of the impacts of these and other predators on piping plover populations, with recommendations for control or eradication in the core piping plover nest area. Brinno BCC100 time-lapse construction cameras in the plovers' nesting area at Cat Island provided hundreds of thousands of images showing seasonal vegetation change and presence of bird and mammal species during the 2019 and 2020 nesting seasons. Coupled with daily location information for individual piping plovers, this information helps document where the birds spent their time at the Cat Island Restoration Site and what types of substrate and microhabitat are most important for their survival.Based on observations at Cat Island and published literature I provide recommendations regarding vegetation and habitat management, predator control, avian botulism, and other factors that affect long term success of the Cat Island piping plover population. Like most endangered species populations, ongoing monitoring and habitat management will be needed to ensure long term survival of piping plovers at this site. The attractiveness of Cat Island to migrating piping plovers and the potential demographic success of this local population have been demonstrated during the 2016-2021 observation period. Even if overall nesting success is moderate or low, the relatively long life and site specificity of individual birds suggests that this local population may contribute valuable genetic diversity, culturally evolved behavioral traits, and perhaps even improved demographic stability of the overall Great Lakes piping plover metapopulation.
Download or read book Piping Plover Charadrius Melodus Atlantic Coast Population Revised Recovery Plan written by and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Recovery Plan for Piping Plovers Charadrius Melodus of the Great Lakes and Northern Great Plains written by Great Lakes/Northern Great Plains Piping Plover Recovery Team and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Winter Ecology of the Piping Plover Charadrius Melodus in Coastal Georgia written by Brandon Lennon Noel and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The piping plover (Charadrius melodus) is a federally listed species with three distinct breeding populations, including Great Plains (threatened), Great Lakes (endangered), and Atlantic Coast (threatened), all of which winter along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts of the United States. I studied the winter ecology of the piping plovers on Little St. Simons Island (LSSI), Georgia, from 2003-2006, with emphasis on the conservation significance of this site for the endangered Great Lakes population. During 2003-2004 and 2004-2005, LSSI supported up to 100 piping plovers during peak migration, and approximately 40 birds wintered at this site. All populations had similar patterns of arrival, departure, and winter residence times on the island. Of the color-banded plovers observed on LSSI during 2003-2004, 35% were observed the following year; 69% of plovers that wintered inn 2003-2004 returned to winter 2004-2005. Wintering plovers show high site fidelity to particular beaches on LSSI within years. Foraging success of piping plovers was highest (35.3% of foraging maneuvers) on beaches adjacent to the Altamaha River at the north end of the island. This area also had a different sediment composition (more coarse silt and very fine sand) and greater prey abundance (Nereis sp.) than other parts of the island. My results suggest that LSSI is one of the most important wintering sites on the Atlantic coast for the piping plover, especially the endangered Great Lakes population. All breeding populations of piping plovers have similar patterns of temporal occurrence on LSSI, suggesting no need for population-specific management plans at this site. My data on site fidelity and foraging success suggest that relatively small areas on LSSI may be of disproportionate importance to wintering piping plovers. Critical habitat designations should take account of this winter-island variation.
Download or read book The Population Ecology and Conservation of Charadrius Plovers written by Mark A. Colwell and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2019-04-26 with total page 495 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 40 or so species of beach-loving plovers (genus Charadrius) comprise a diverse group of shorebirds found around the world. Most of these species are challenged by changing climates and other human-related development activities, yet they provide key insights into basic ecological and evolutionary processes. The expert international contributors take a comparative approach, presenting examples from many worldwide plover studies and synthesizing the group’s most pressing and important topics. The book further presents an emphasis on full life-cycle biology, including the importance of examining migratory connectivity issues, even for non-migratory plovers. Color pages were planned and approved for some pages in this volume, but due to a printing error some copies have incorrectly been released with these pages printed in black and white. Replacement copies with the correct color in place can be obtained upon request by contacting [email protected]. CRC Press extends apologies to any customers affected by this error and for the inconvenience caused. Key Features Serves as a fundamental resource for conservation practitioners Detailed overview of a widely distributed group of shorebirds Authored by renowned specialists who present theoretical and applied perspectives Emphasis on comparative and synthetic approach in all chapters Related Titles McComb, B. et al. Monitoring Animal Populations and Their Habitats: A Practitioner’s Guide (ISBN 978-0-4291-3827-0). Garvey, J. E. & M. R. Whiles. Trophic Ecology (ISBN 978-1-4987-5846-8). Dewdney, A. K. Stochastic Communities: A Mathematical Theory of Biodiversity (ISBN 978-1-1381-9702-2).
Download or read book Breeding Season Spatial Requirements of Great Lakes Piping Plovers Charadrius Melodus in Northern Lower Michigan written by Catherine Diane Haffner and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Shorebird Guide written by Michael O'Brien and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2006 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When many birders go out looking at shorebirds, they see a distant mud flat full of grayish brown birds in various shapes and sizes and have no idea where to begin the identification process. When advanced birders look at that same flock of shorebirds, they can identify the vast majority of birds with a quick binocular scan. Experts use the simplest, most easily observed characteristics--size, structure, behavior, and general color patterns--almost subconsciously, and can identify most birds even before looking carefully at plumage details. Now birders of all levels can learn how to identify these wildly popular birds quickly and with much less effort. This guide provides more than 870 stunning color photographs, sequenced to give a general impression of a species first and progressing to a more detailed image of the bird throughout its life cycle. Captions list characteristics in order of importance, reflecting the thought process that experts use to identify birds.
Download or read book Analysis of Vegetation Management for Great Lakes Piping Plover Charadrius Melodus written by Benjamin J. VanDyke and published by . This book was released on 2023 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Piping Plover Charadrius Melodus Recolonization Potential in the Great Lakes written by Elizabeth Weaver Price and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Piping Plover written by and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 2 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
