Piping plover breeding biology, foraging ecology and behavior on Assateague Island National Seashore, Maryland

<p>We studied piping plovers (Charadrius melodus Ord) on Assateague Island National Seashore, Maryland, during the 1988-1990 breeding seasons. The estimated breeding population declined from 25 pairs in 1988 to 14 pairs in 1990. Nest predation by red foxes (Vulpes vulpes) was high. Predator ex...

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Main Author: Loegering, John P.
Other Authors: Fisheries and Wildlife Sciences
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: Virginia Tech 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/44548
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-09052009-040402/