Nest Site Selection of American Oystercatchers (Haematopus palliatus) on the Upper Texas Coast with Comments on Field Sexing Techniques

• Main Author: Munters, Alexandra E.
• Other Authors: Green, M. Clay, Simpson, Thomas R., Weckerly, Floyd
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: Oystercatcher; Habitat selection; Nest site selection; Spatial ecology; American oystercatcher; Nest building; Birds > Texas; Rookery Islands; Shell Island
• Online Access: https://digital.library.txstate.edu/handle/10877/4998

The American Oystercatcher, hereafter oystercatcher, is a shorebird species of high conservation concern that requires intertidal shellfish beds for breeding and wintering habitat. Considerable attention has been paid to obtaining site-specific productivity data and determining factors contributing...