Ghost crab preys on a Piping Plover chick
Loegering LL, Fraser JD, Loegering JP. 1995. Ghost crab preys on a Piping Plover chick. The Wilson Bulletin. 107(4):768-769
Here we describe predation of a Piping Plover chick by a ghost crab (Ocypode quadrata) on Assateague Island National Seashore, Maryland. East Coast Piping Plovers (Charadrius melodus) were listed as threatened because of declining populations (Fed. Register 1985) due to loss of habitat and human disturbance. Predation of nests and young has been cited as one cause of the decline (Fed. Register 1985, Dyer et al. 1988, Melvin et al. 1991, Haig 1992). Here we describe predation of a Piping Plover chick by a ghost crab (Ocypode quadrata) on Assateague Island National Seashore, Maryland.
- Type
- Journal Article
- Authors
- Loegering, Lisa; Fraser, James; Loegering, John
- Units
- ASIS
- Keywords
- Assateague Island, Charadrius melodus, ghost crab, Piping Plover