Population trends of Atlantic Coast Piping Plovers, 1986-2006

Waterbirds

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 64-72

  Hecht, Anne ^a   Melvin, Scott M ^b  

^a US Fish & Wildlife Service Massachusetts   (United States)

^b Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife   (United States)

Author keywords

Atlantic Coast; Census; Charadrius melodus; Conservation; Demographics; Endangered species; Piping Plover; Population; Shorebird

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SITE; CENSUS; DEMOGRAPHY; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FLEDGING; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION GROWTH; POPULATION MODELING; RECOVERY PLAN; RED LIST; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SURVIVAL; WADER;

ATLANTIC COAST [NORTH AMERICA]; ATLANTIC COAST [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

CHARADRIUS MELODUS;

EID: 77749280162     PISSN: 15244695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1675/063.032.0107     Document Type: Article

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