Impacts of human activities on piping plovers nesting on Assateague Island
Patterson ME, Fraser JD, Roggenbuck JW. 1988. Impacts of human activities on piping plovers nesting on Assateague Island. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Blacksburg, VA
A preliminary report on research done to determine the impacts of human activity on piping plovers on Assateague Island. Includes a description of methods (surveys, observations, nest observations, population estimate, capture and banding, brood observations, monitoring human use, habitat measurements); results (arrival, population estimate, nest success, fledging success, nest placement, capture and banding); discussion; and tentative conclusions.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Patterson, Michael; Fraser, James; Roggenbuck, Joseph
- Date of Issue
- 1988-02
- Publisher
- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
- Units
- ASIS
- Keywords
- Animal Studies, Assateague Island National Seashore MD-VA, Human Impact, Monitoring, Observations, Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus)