Year: 1984
Type: article
Abstract: Distribution, Abundance, and Nesting Characteristics of Snowy Plovers on the Oregon Coasf Abslracl Disrributi.rn.abundance.and nertrng characreristics of Snowv Ploverc r C.harcdriu alexandinu r. ;;;'"ilil ""-,rl.O,.g." .Jt; a;ins lo-8 and lq-o A maximum of 100 adulrs and fledeed ;";;il* ;;t; ;b;;'*,1-on 12 discrete-beacb segmenrs of 72 nests oke-rved, at least -19 w-ere i;;,-i;:;.;ff;;;;i"r,rJ *.i.a.',,.v.a bv stor"m: and moving sand, and -e were successful Nest .il'';;;h-.i;;i;;J'"1]u, "i."" witi sand subsrrate and an averase of 26 petcent dtiftnrood and less than 1 percent livc vegetation fot coverlntroduction As early as 1929 Bent (1929: 248) suspected that hr.rman developments on the Pacific coasr encroached on habitar of Snowy Plovers ( C haradritts alexandtinus) On the Oregon coast.information on distributioo and abundaoce of Soowy Plovers befole the 1970s was qr:alitative (Gabrielson and Jewetr L94O: 246) and insufficient for an analysis Receired March 5.
Authors: E. Charles Meslow, Ruth Wilson-Jacobs
Language: English
Topic: Avian ecology and behavior
Subfield: Ecology
Field: Environmental Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
SDG: Life on land
Open Access status: green
Funder: U.S. Forest Service
OpenAlex ID: W2154567895