Behavioral Responses to Higher Predation Risk in a Subarctic Population of the Semipalmated Plover

• Published in: The Condor
• Main Authors: C. Lishman, E. Nol, K. F. Abraham, L. P. Nguyen
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: American Ornithological Society 2010
• Subjects: Akimiski Island; Canada; Nunavut; Akimiski island; Churchill; Subarctic
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1525/cond.2010.090059

We studied dispersal, mate retention, apparent survival, and renesting in a subarctic breeding population of the Semipalmated Plover (Charadrius semipalmatus) near the southern limits of its breeding range on Akimiski Island, Nunavut, Canada, from 2002 to 2007. The risk of predation at this site is...