Understanding Piping Plover Population Dynamics through Mathematical Model, with Application to Northern Assateague Island, Maryland, and Long Island, New York, Barrier Beaches
Kraus N. 2006. Understanding Piping Plover Population Dynamics through Mathematical Model, with Application to Northern Assateague Island, Maryland, and Long Island, New York, Barrier Beaches. Shore and Beach. 74(1):3-9
This paper explores a simple mathematical model, the logistic equation, which appears torepresent leading factors governing a plover population. The model was found to describe plover population data from two locations on the Atlantic coast: northern Assateague Island, Maryland, and the south shore of Long Island, New York.
- Type
- Journal Article
- Authors
- Kraus, Nicholas C
- Units
- ASIS
- Keywords
- beach fill, Breaching, Charadrius melodus, Coastal Inlet, migratory bird, Overwash, Piping Plover, Sand Bypass, West Hampton Dunes