Directional selection and repeatability in nest-site preferences of Semipalmated Plovers ( Charadrius semipalmatus )

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Zoology
• Main Authors: Nguyen, Linh P., Nol, Erica, Abraham, Kenneth F., Lishman, Carmen
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 2013
• Subjects: Animal Science and Zoology; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Nunavut; Canada; Bonaparte; Akimiski Island; Akimiski island
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/cjz-2013-0064; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/full-xml/10.1139/cjz-2013-0064; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/cjz-2013-0064

Using marked individuals, we assessed directional selection and repeatability of nest-site characteristics of Semipalmated Plovers (Charadrius semipalmatus Bonaparte, 1825) on Akimiski Island, Nunavut, Canada, 2002–2005, to test the hypothesis that long- and short-term selection patterns were in the...