For plovers, manmade habitat falls short of the real thing
Efforts to use manmade habitat to help conserve threatened piping plovers (Charadrius melodus) on the Missouri River have helped, but they fell short of the work ...
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Male and female plovers cooperate more as climate changes
As temperatures get warmer and more variable with climate change, male plovers are taking on more of the incubation duties, a new international study demonstrates. ...
Damage management concepts posed in OSU animal science talk
On March 4, as the guest lecturer on “Contentious Social Issues in Animal Sciences” at Oregon State University, I discussed damage management as an important ...
Wild Cam: How Airplanes Ruffle Plover Feathers
Wilson’s plovers (Charadrius wilsonia) would probably do well with a little peace and quiet when incubating their eggs — whether from natural predators, humans, ...
TWS Member Identifies Strategies to Protect Snowy Plovers
Some birds seem to have more enemies than friends. While coyotes, foxes, crows, ravens and raptors like harriers and owls are always looking to make an easy meal of ...