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

Wildlife Monographs

Volumn , Issue 173, 2009, Pages 1-24

  Cohen, Jonathan B ^a   Houghton, Lawrence M ^a   Fraser, James D ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Barrier islands; Charadrius melodus; Endangered species; Habitat selection; Long Island; New York; Piping plover; Population dynamics; Reproductive success; Shorebirds

Indexed keywords

CANIDAE; CHARADRIUS; CHARADRIUS MELODUS; FELIS CATUS; MAMMALIA; VULPES VULPES;

EID: 70349976818     PISSN: 00840173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.2193/2007-553     Document Type: Article

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