Conservation biology of piping plovers in the northern Great Plains / Paul M. Mayer
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TextPublication details: University of Missouri-Columbia, 1991. Columbia, MO :Description: x, 55 leaves : ill. ; 28 cmOnline resources: Abstract: In 1985, the Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus) was listed as federally Threatened and Endangered. I studied a population of Piping Plovers breeding in central North Dakota. My objectives were to 1) quantify Piping Plover productivity and recruitment, 2) test the effect of electric predator fences on Piping Plover nest and chick success, 3)test the feasibility of creating Piping Plover nesting habitat, and 4)test the effect of American Avocet (Recury/rostra americana) mobbing behavior on Piping Plover nest success. Field work was conducted from 7 April 1986 to 6 August 1986 and from 13 April 1987 to 15 August 1987.Additional field work was conducted by S. Taswell in 1988 and by L.Weber in 1989 and 1990. The number of breeding pairs was 126 and 147 in 1986 and 1987, respectively. Totals of 141 adults and 283 juveniles were banded during 1986 and 1987. Electric predator fences were constructed at 4 Piping Plover nesting beaches. Nest success, chick success, and the number of chicks
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Thesis(M.S.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 1991.
Includes bibliographical references (leaves 40-43).
In 1985, the Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus) was listed as federally Threatened and Endangered. I studied a population of Piping Plovers breeding in central North Dakota. My objectives were to 1) quantify Piping Plover productivity and recruitment, 2) test the effect of electric predator fences on Piping Plover nest and chick success, 3)test the feasibility of creating Piping Plover nesting habitat, and 4)test the effect of American Avocet (Recury/rostra americana) mobbing behavior on Piping Plover nest success. Field work was conducted from 7 April 1986 to 6 August 1986 and from 13 April 1987 to 15 August 1987.Additional field work was conducted by S. Taswell in 1988 and by L.Weber in 1989 and 1990. The number of breeding pairs was 126 and 147 in 1986 and 1987, respectively. Totals of 141 adults and 283 juveniles were banded during 1986 and 1987. Electric predator fences were constructed at 4 Piping Plover nesting beaches. Nest success, chick success, and the number of chicks