Factors Affecting Prey Availability and Habitat Usage of Wintering Piping Plovers (Charadrius melodus) in Coastal Louisiana

• Main Author: Schulz, Jessica L.
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: University of Louisiana at Lafayette 2015
• Subjects: Ecology; Barrier Island; Barrier Islands; Trinity Island
• Online Access: http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10002450

The Gulf of Mexico is home to a large proportion of the wintering population of the threatened piping plover, but little is known about the bird’s ecology in this region. In Louisiana, the majority of wintering piping plovers are found on the state’s rapidly eroding barrier islands. Between August 2...