Conspecific density and habitat quality affect breeding habitat selection: Support for the social attraction hypothesis

RJ Swift, MJ Anteau, KS Ellis, MM Ring, MH Sherfy… - …, 2023‏ - Wiley Online Library
Breeding habitat selection is a critical component of the annual cycle because of its effect on
fitness. Multiple theories of habitat selection can be differentiated by their responses to the …

Demographic response of Pi** Plovers suggests that engineered habitat restoration is no match for natural riverine processes

KL Hunt, JD Fraser, MJ Friedrich… - The Condor …, 2018‏ - academic.oup.com
Globally, riparian ecosystems are in decline due to anthropogenic modifications, including
damming. Reduced frequency and altered timing of flood events decreases sandbar …

High frequency of prospecting for informed dispersal and colonisation in a social species at large spatial scale

D Oro, J Bécares, F Bartumeus, JM Arcos - Oecologia, 2021‏ - Springer
Animals explore and prospect space searching for resources and individuals may disperse,
targeting suitable patches to increase fitness. Nevertheless, dispersal is costly because it …

Optimizing conservation benefits for threatened beach fauna following severe natural disturbances

B Maslo, K Leu, T Pover, MA Weston, BL Gilby… - Science of the Total …, 2019‏ - Elsevier
Wildlife on sandy beaches is often constrained by transformation of natural areas for human
use, and opportunities for acquiring or restoring new habitat are rare. Storms can often force …

Managing birds of conservation concern on sandy shores: How much room for future conservation actions is there?

B Maslo, K Leu, T Pover, MA Weston… - Ecology and …, 2018‏ - Wiley Online Library
Resource limitations often prevent the active management required to maintain habitat
quality in protected areas. Because restrictions in access or allowable public activities are …

Intra-seasonal lek changes of great snipe Gallinago media males in the northeast of Poland

M Korniluk, P Chylarecki - Acta Ornithologica, 2023‏ - BioOne
In bird species with a lek mating system, male mating success is usually correlated with time
spent at the lek, suggesting strong selection for lek attendance. We studied the lekking of …

[HTML][HTML] Pi** Plover Habitat Changes and Nesting Responses Following Post-Tropical Cyclone Fiona on Prince Edward Island, Canada

R Guild, X Wang - Remote Sensing, 2024‏ - mdpi.com
Climate change is driving regime shifts across ecosystems, exposing species to novel
challenges of extreme weather, altered disturbances, food web disruptions, and habitat loss …

Habitat ecology and conservation of Charadrius plovers

JD Fraser, DH Catlin - The population ecology and conservation …, 2019‏ - taylorfrancis.com
Habitat loss is a principal cause of species extinction and, therefore, a key conservation
problem as the world's human population approaches 8 billion. Plovers worldwide are …

Responses of a federally threatened shorebird to trophic downgrading and expansion of domestic cats (Felis catus)

CN Wails, KM Black, SM Karpanty, HA Bellman… - Biological …, 2025‏ - Springer
Abstract Along US Atlantic and Gulf Coast barrier islands, red foxes (Vulpes vulpes) are top
predators that are thought to impact smaller mesopredators and depredate beach-nesting …

Reproductive outcomes determine the timing of arrival and settlement of a single-brooded Nearctic–Neotropical migrant songbird (Catharus fuscescens) in South …

CM Heckscher, M Gutierrez Ramirez… - The Auk …, 2017‏ - academic.oup.com
The breeding seasons of Nearctic–Neotropical migratory songbirds are thought to be
constrained by the temporal demands of subsequent seasons. In any population, a subset of …