Piping plover breeding biology and reproductive success on Assateague Island
Patterson ME. 1988. Piping plover breeding biology and reproductive success on Assateague Island. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
This dissertation is a study of the piping plover on Assateague Island during the 1986 and 1987 breeding seasons. Discusses foraging habitats, reproductive rates, nest success, predation, chick mortality, management, and exclosures.
- Type
- Academic
- Authors
- Patterson, Michael
- Date of Issue
- 1988-11-04
- Publisher
- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
- Units
- ASIS
- Keywords
- Animal Studies, Assateague Island National Seashore MD VA, Breeding, Food, Habitats, Management, Mortality, Nests & Nesting, Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus), Predation, Thesis