Roost Site Selection by Red Knots (Calidris canutus rufa) in Delaware Bay

• Main Author: Zimmerman, Kathryn
• Other Authors: Webb, Paul, Low, Bobbi
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2010
• Subjects: Red Knots; Calidris Canutus Rufa; Delaware Bay; Zimmerman; Calidris canutus
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/78411

I monitored the roosting preferences of 53 Red Knots (Calidris canutus rufa) during their northbound migratory stopover in Delaware Bay in 2008 and 2009. The goal was to locate the high tide daytime and nighttime roosts as well as to determine the habitat characteristics that create suitable roost s...