Effectiveness of predator removal for enhancing bird populations

RK Smith, AS Pullin, GB Stewart… - Conservation …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Predation pressure on vulnerable bird species has made predator control an important issue
for international nature conservation. Predator removal by culling or translocation is …

Is nest predator exclusion an effective strategy for enhancing bird populations?

RK Smith, AS Pullin, GB Stewart, WJ Sutherland - Biological conservation, 2011 - Elsevier
Evidence suggests that nest predation is a serious problem for the conservation of bird
populations. Managers are, therefore, faced with decisions of whether to intervene to reduce …

Factors affecting Piping Plover chick survival in different brood-rearing habitats

JP Loegering, JD Fraser - The Journal of wildlife management, 1995 - JSTOR
The decline of piping plover (Charadrius melodus) populations and subsequent listing as a
threatened species has been attributed, in part, to low chick survival. During 1988-90, we …

Nesting density and reproductive success of piping plovers in response to storm‐and human‐created habitat changes

JB Cohen, LM Houghton, JD Fraser - Wildlife Monographs, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
The threatened population of Atlantic Coast piping plovers (Charadrius melodus) has
increased under intensive management of predation and disturbance. However, the relative …

Breeding site fidelity is lower in polygamous shorebirds and male-biased in monogamous species

E Kwon, M Valcu, M Cragnolini, M Bulla… - Behavioral …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Sex-bias in breeding dispersal is considered the norm in many taxa, and the magnitude and
direction of such sex-bias is expected to correlate with the social mating system. We used …

Demographic responses of Piping Plovers to habitat creation on the Missouri River

DH Catlin, JD Fraser, JH Felio - Wildlife Monographs, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
The piping plover (Charadrius melodus) was listed under the United States Endangered
Species Act (ESA) because of habitat loss and excessive predation. The Missouri River …

Piping plover brood foraging ecology on New York barrier islands

SP Elias, JD Fraser, PA Buckley - The Journal of Wildlife Management, 2000 - JSTOR
Effective management of piping plover (Charadrius melodus) populations requires
knowledge of the habitats that foster successful reproduction. We studied piping plover chick …

Restoring Beaches for Atlantic Coast Piping Plovers (Charadrius melodus): A Classification and Regression Tree Analysis of Nest‐Site Selection

B Maslo, SN Handel, T Pover - Restoration Ecology, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
To effectively restore wildlife habitat, ecological research must be easily translated into
practical design criteria. Clear directives from research can support arguments that promote …

To exclose nests or not: structured decision making for the conservation of a threatened species

JB Cohen, A Hecht, KF Robinson, EE Osnas… - …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Decisions regarding endangered species recovery often face sparse data and multiple
sources of uncertainty about the effects of management. Structured decision making (SDM) …

Restoration of overwash processes creates piping plover (Charadrius melodus) habitat on a barrier island (Assateague Island, Maryland)

CA Schupp, NT Winn, TL Pearl, JP Kumer… - Estuarine, Coastal and …, 2013 - Elsevier
On Assateague Island, an undeveloped barrier island along Maryland and Virginia, a
foredune was constructed to protect the island from the erosion and breaching threat caused …