Restoration of breeding by snowy plovers following protection from disturbance

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 2217-2230

  Lafferty, Kevin D ^a,b   Goodman, Darcie ^b   Sandoval, Cristina P ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Beach; Birds; Disturbance; Dogs; Recreation; Shorebirds

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FLEDGING; HABITAT QUALITY; NATURE CONSERVATION; PROTECTED AREA; RECREATIONAL MANAGEMENT; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SPECIES CONSERVATION; WADER;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; SANTA BARBARA [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

CHARADRIIDAE; CHARADRIUS ALEXANDRINUS; CHARADRIUS ALEXANDRINUS NIVOSUS; PHASIANIDAE;

EID: 33745227391     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-004-7180-5     Document Type: Article

References (40)

1. S.A. Boyle F.B. Samson 1985 Effects of nonconsumptive recreation on wildlife: a review Wildlife Soc. Bull. 13 110 116
2. S. Brown C. Hickey B. Gill L. Gorman C. Gratto-Trevor S. Haig B. Harrington C. Hunter G. Morrison G. Page P. Sanzenbacher S. Skagen N. Warnock 2000a National Shorebird Conservation Assessment: Shorebird Conservation Status, Conservation Units, Population Estimates, Population Targets, and Species Prioritization, Manomet Center for Conservation Sciences MA Manomet
3. S. Brown C. Hickey B.E. Harrington 2000b The U.S. Shorebird Conservation Plan, Manomet Center for Conservation Sciences MA Manomet
4. J. Burger 1981 The effect of human activity on birds at a coastal bay Biol. Conserv. 21 231 241
5. J. Burger 1984 Abiotic Factors Affecting Migrant Shorebirds Plenum Press New York 1 73
6. J. Burger 1986 The effect of human activity on shorebirds in two coastal bays in the northeastern United States Environ. Conserv. 13 123 130
7. J. Burger 1989 Least tern populations in coastal New Jersey: monitoring and management of a regionally-endangered species J. Coastal Res. 5 801 811
8. J. Burger 1991 Foraging behavior and the effect of human disturbance on the Piping Plover Charadrius melodus J. Coastal Res. 7 39 51
9. J. Burger 1993 Shorebird squeeze Nat. Hist. 102 8 14
10. J. Burger 1994 The effect of human disturbance on foraging behavior and habitat use in piping plover Charadrius melodus Estuaries 17 695 701
11. J. Burger 1995 Beach recreation and nesting birds R. Knight K. Gutzwiller Wildlife and Recreationists: Coexistence Through Management and Research Island Press Washington, DC 281 295
12. J. Burger 1998 Effects of motorboats and personal watercraft on flight behavior over a colony of common terns Condor 100 528 534
13. C. Cornelius S.A. Navarrete P.A. Marquet 2001 Effects of human activity on the structure of coastal marine bird assemblages in central Chile Conserv. Biol. 15 1396 1404
14. DeLong A.K. 2002. Managing Visitor Use and Disturbance of Waterbirds - a Literature Review of Impacts and Mitigation Measures. Appendix L. pp. 114 Stillwater National Wildlife Refuge Complex Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Comprehensive Conservation Plan and Boundary Revision (Vol. II), Department of the Interior, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Region 1, Portland, OR.
15. Donefer C. 2003. Plover nesting areas compete with beachgoers. Land Lett. 10(11/20).
16. S.P. Elias-Gerken 1994 Piping plover habitat suitability on central Long IslandNew York barrier islands Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Blacksburg, Virginia 48 MS Thesis
17. S. Fitzpatrick B. Bouchez 1998 Effects of recreational disturbance on the foraging behaviour of waders on a rocky beach Bird Study 45 157 171
18. G.W. Gabrielsen E.N. Smith 1995 Physiological responses of wildlife to disturbance Island Press Washington, DC 95 107
19. D. Hockin M. Ounsted M. Gorman D. Hill V. Keller M.A. Barker 1992 Examination of the effects of disturbance on birds with reference to its importance in ecological assessments J. Environ. Manage. 36 253 286
20. E.M. Hoopes 1993 Relationships between human recreation and piping plover foraging ecology and chick survival University of Massachusetts Amherst, Massachusetts 106 MS Thesis
21. M.A. Howe P.H. Geissler B.A. Harrington 1989 Population trends of North American shorebirds based on the International Shorebird Survey Biol. Conserv. 49 185 200
22. L.A. Ikuta D.T. Blumstein 2003 Do fences protect birds from human disturbance? Biol. Conserv. 112 447 452
23. M.L. Klein 1993 Waterbird behavioral responses to human disturbance Wildlife Soc. Bull. 21 31 39
24. K.D. Lafferty 2000 Status, Trends and Conservation of the Western Snowy Plover with a Focus on the Devereux Slough population at Coal Oil Point Reserve, Santa Barbara County, CA, Museum of Systematics and Ecology University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA
25. K.D. Lafferty 2001a Birds at a southern California beach: seasonality, habitat use and disturbance by human activity Biodiv. Conserv. 10 1 14
26. K.D. Lafferty 2001b Disturbance to wintering western snowy plovers Biol. Conserv. 101 315 325
27. A. Lord J.R. Waas J. Innes 1997 Effects of human activity on the behaviour of Northern New Zealand dotterel Charadrius obscurus aquilonius chicks Biol. Conserv. 82 15 20
28. M.D. [tmp] McCrary M.O. Pierson 2000 Influence of human activity on shorebird beach use in Ventura County, California D.R. Brown K.L. Mitchell H.W. Chang Fifth California Islands Symposium, OCS Study, MMS 99-0038 Santa Barbara CA 424 427
29. R.L. Nudds D.M. Bryant 2000 The energetic cost of short flights in birds J. Exp. Biol. 203 1561 1572
30. G.W. Page L.E. Stenzel 1981 The breeding status of the snowy plover Charadrius alexandrinus in California, USA Western Birds 12 1 40
31. J.M. Peek 1986 A Review of Wildlife Management Prentice-Hall NJ 486
32. C. Pfister B. Harrington M. Lavine 1992 The impact of human disturbance on shorebirds at a migration staging area Biol. Conserv. 60 115 126
33. A.N. Powell 2001 Habitat characteristics and nest success of snowy plovers associated with California Least Tern colonies Condor 103 785 792
34. A.N. Powell 2002 Status of breeding and wintering Snowy Plovers in San Diego County, California1994-1999 J. Field Ornithol. 73 156 165
35. G.M. Puttick 1979 Foraging behaviour and activity budgets of Curlew Sandpipers Ardea 67 111 122
36. T.D. Ruhlen S. Abbot L.E. Stenzel G.W. Page 2003 Evidence that human disturbance reduces snowy plover chick survival J. Field Ornithol. 74 300 304
37. E. Strauss 1990 Reproductive success, life history patterns, and behavioral variation in a population of piping plovers subjected to human disturbance (1982-1989) Tufts University Medford, Massachusetts 143 PhD
38. U.S. and Fish Wildlife Service 2001. Western Snowy Plover (Charadrius alexandrinus nivosus) Pacific Coast Population Draft Recovery Plan, Portland Oregon. xix + 630 pp.
39. S. Verhulst K. Oosterbeek B.J. Ens 2001 Experimental evidence for effects of human disturbance on foraging and parental care in oystercatchers Biol. Conserv. 101 375 380
40. J.S. Warriner J.C. Warriner G.W. Page L.E. Stenzel 1986 Mating system and reproductive success of a small population of polygamous snowy plovers Wilson Bull. 98 15 37