Long-distance dispersal in a recovering endangered shorebird population facilitates recolonization of historical nesting sites following decades of extirpation

Long-distance dispersal in a recovering endangered shorebird population facilitates recolonization of historical nesting sites following decades of extirpation

After extirpation from most of the Great Lakes by the 1980s, the Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus circumcinctus) did not nest again outside Michigan until 1998. The number of Plovers breeding in the region has gradually increased, with nesting locations expanding from Michigan. We studied the patte...

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Main Authors: Andrew David. Brown, Francesca Cuthbert, Alice Van Zoeren, Stephanie Schubel, Erica Nol
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Resilience Alliance 2022-06-01
Series:Journal of Field Ornithology
Subjects:
<span style="font-style: normal">charadrius melodus circumcinctus</span>
distribution patterns
great lakes
michigan
water levels.
Online Access:https://journal.afonet.org/vol93/iss2/art7/

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