Fall Migration and Vehicle Disturbance of Shorebirds at South Core Banks, North Carolina.
Anthropogenic disturbance has been implicated as a factor related to declines in shorebird populations because they depend upon coastal stopover sites, where human recreation is concentrated, for resting and refueling between long, energetically-expensive migration flights. We examined the use of So...
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ftncstateu:oai:repository.lib.ncsu.edu:1840.16/983 2023-07-23T04:18:12+02:00 Fall Migration and Vehicle Disturbance of Shorebirds at South Core Banks, North Carolina. Tarr, Nathan Moloney Kenneth H. Pollock, Committee Member Jaime A. Collazo, Committee Member Theodore R. Simons, Committee Chair 2008-12-02 http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/resolver/1840.16/983 unknown etd-10312008-164852 http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/resolver/1840.16/983 I hereby certify that, if appropriate, I have obtained and attached hereto a written permission statement from the owner(s) of each third party copyrighted matter to be included in my thesis, dis sertation, or project report, allowing distribution as specified below. I certify that the version I submitted is the same as that approved by my advisory committee. I hereby grant to NC State University or its agents the non-exclusive license to archive and make accessible, under the conditions specified below, my thesis, dissertation, or project report in whole or in part in all forms of media, now or hereafter known. I retain all other ownership rights to the copyright of the thesis, dissertation or project report. I also retain the right to use in future works (such as articles or books) all or part of this thesis, dissertation, or project report. habitat use ORV OHV migration stopover shorebirds disturbance BACI 2008 ftncstateu 2023-07-03T21:39:50Z Anthropogenic disturbance has been implicated as a factor related to declines in shorebird populations because they depend upon coastal stopover sites, where human recreation is concentrated, for resting and refueling between long, energetically-expensive migration flights. We examined the use of South Core Banks, a barrier island on North Carolina’s Outer Banks, by migrating shorebirds and recreationists during fall and measured the effects of vehicle disturbance on shorebird behavior and habitat use. To describe spatial, temporal, and tidal patterns in shorebird and vehicle abundance, we performed weekly surveys of birds and vehicles from all-terrain vehicles, recording the species, numbers, and microhabitat locations (i.e. surf, swash zone, dry sand, and wet sand) of all individuals within half-mile ocean beach segments. We summarized survey data by week, tide, beach section, and daylight hour in order to identify patterns in abundance. Shorebird densities on South Core Banks were similar to those reported for other sites on the Outer Banks, and their numbers decreased slightly throughout the season, but peaked several times. Gull and vehicle numbers increased throughout the fall while tern numbers decreased. As a group, shorebirds were more or less evenly distributed along the southeast facing beach, but individual shorebird species showed unique spatial patterns in abundance. Several species, including Sanderlings (Calidris alba), Black-bellied Plovers (Pluvialis squatarola), Semipalmated Plovers (Charadrius semipalmatus), Red Knots (Calidris canutus), and Ruddy Turnstones (Arenaria interpres), were more abundant on the ocean beach during high tide than during low tide. They used a sand spit and a portion of the ocean beach on the southern half of the island as roosting sites at high tide. Shorebirds were abundant in areas where vehicle abundance was also relatively high, but their distribution among microhabitats was opposite that of vehicles; vehicles were primarily located on dry sand while shorebirds ... Other/Unknown Material Arenaria interpres Calidris alba Calidris canutus North Carolina State University Libraries (NCSU): Digital Repository Barrier Island ENVELOPE(78.396,78.396,-68.431,-68.431) Swash ENVELOPE(-67.524,-67.524,-67.581,-67.581) |
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Anthropogenic disturbance has been implicated as a factor related to declines in shorebird populations because they depend upon coastal stopover sites, where human recreation is concentrated, for resting and refueling between long, energetically-expensive migration flights. We examined the use of South Core Banks, a barrier island on North Carolina’s Outer Banks, by migrating shorebirds and recreationists during fall and measured the effects of vehicle disturbance on shorebird behavior and habitat use. To describe spatial, temporal, and tidal patterns in shorebird and vehicle abundance, we performed weekly surveys of birds and vehicles from all-terrain vehicles, recording the species, numbers, and microhabitat locations (i.e. surf, swash zone, dry sand, and wet sand) of all individuals within half-mile ocean beach segments. We summarized survey data by week, tide, beach section, and daylight hour in order to identify patterns in abundance. Shorebird densities on South Core Banks were similar to those reported for other sites on the Outer Banks, and their numbers decreased slightly throughout the season, but peaked several times. Gull and vehicle numbers increased throughout the fall while tern numbers decreased. As a group, shorebirds were more or less evenly distributed along the southeast facing beach, but individual shorebird species showed unique spatial patterns in abundance. Several species, including Sanderlings (Calidris alba), Black-bellied Plovers (Pluvialis squatarola), Semipalmated Plovers (Charadrius semipalmatus), Red Knots (Calidris canutus), and Ruddy Turnstones (Arenaria interpres), were more abundant on the ocean beach during high tide than during low tide. They used a sand spit and a portion of the ocean beach on the southern half of the island as roosting sites at high tide. Shorebirds were abundant in areas where vehicle abundance was also relatively high, but their distribution among microhabitats was opposite that of vehicles; vehicles were primarily located on dry sand while shorebirds ... |
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Kenneth H. Pollock, Committee Member Jaime A. Collazo, Committee Member Theodore R. Simons, Committee Chair |
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Tarr, Nathan Moloney |
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Tarr, Nathan Moloney |
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Tarr, Nathan Moloney |
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Fall Migration and Vehicle Disturbance of Shorebirds at South Core Banks, North Carolina. |
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Fall Migration and Vehicle Disturbance of Shorebirds at South Core Banks, North Carolina. |
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Fall Migration and Vehicle Disturbance of Shorebirds at South Core Banks, North Carolina. |
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Fall Migration and Vehicle Disturbance of Shorebirds at South Core Banks, North Carolina. |
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Fall Migration and Vehicle Disturbance of Shorebirds at South Core Banks, North Carolina. |
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fall migration and vehicle disturbance of shorebirds at south core banks, north carolina. |
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2008 |
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Arenaria interpres Calidris alba Calidris canutus |
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Arenaria interpres Calidris alba Calidris canutus |
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I hereby certify that, if appropriate, I have obtained and attached hereto a written permission statement from the owner(s) of each third party copyrighted matter to be included in my thesis, dis sertation, or project report, allowing distribution as specified below. I certify that the version I submitted is the same as that approved by my advisory committee. I hereby grant to NC State University or its agents the non-exclusive license to archive and make accessible, under the conditions specified below, my thesis, dissertation, or project report in whole or in part in all forms of media, now or hereafter known. I retain all other ownership rights to the copyright of the thesis, dissertation or project report. I also retain the right to use in future works (such as articles or books) all or part of this thesis, dissertation, or project report. |
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