Piping plover breeding biology, foraging ecology and behavior on Assateague Island National Seashore, Maryland
<p>We studied piping plovers (Charadrius melodus Ord) on Assateague Island National Seashore, Maryland, during the 1988-1990 breeding seasons. The estimated breeding population declined from 25 pairs in 1988 to 14 pairs in 1990. Nest predation by red foxes (Vulpes vulpes) was high. Predator ex...
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Virginia Tech
2014
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10919/44548 http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-09052009-040402/ |