Recent declines in apparent survival and survey counts of snowy plovers breeding in the southern high plains of Texas

Wilson Journal of Ornithology

Volumn 125, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 79-87

  Saalfeld, Sarah T ^a,d   Conway, Warren C ^a   Haukos, David A ^b,e   Johnson, William P ^c,f  

^a STEPHEN F AUSTIN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT   (United States)

^d U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

^e KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f WEST TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

apparent survival; Charadrius nivosus; Cormack Jolly Seber; demographics; saline lakes; Southern High Plains; Texas

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SEASON; DEMOGRAPHY; HATCHING; HOME RANGE; IMMIGRATION; MORTALITY; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SALINE LAKE; SEX RATIO; SURVEY; SURVIVAL; THRESHOLD; WADER;

GREAT PLAINS; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84874070635     PISSN: 15594491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1676/12-017.1     Document Type: Article

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