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International Approach to Metapopulation Viability Analyses for Piping Plovers
Completed
After more than 10 years of international recovery efforts for the threatened/endangered piping plover, the species continues in a serious decline throughout much of its range. The species is widely distributed across North America, breeding on beaches from Alberta to Newfoundland and south to North Carolina, yet their numbers total less than 5,500. More surprising is that, despite efforts of four recovery teams, prioritization of recovery efforts is still lacking. This need has long been recognized in recovery plans, but the work has never been carried out due to lack of funds. Annual population data have been collected from throughout the species range and an international census was completed in 1991, so there are data available to carry out large-scale analyses. All four recovery teams are now revising their original recovery plans and all call for population viability analyses to be carried out at the metapopulation level. This proposal addresses the need to carry out metapopulation viability analyses for piping plovers throughout their range so that their status may be more precisely assessed and future efforts prioritized.
Plissner, J.H., Haig, S.M., 2000, Viability of piping plover Charadrius melodus metapopulations: Biological Conservation, v. 92, no. 2, p. 163-173. [FullText] Catalog No: 648 Plissner, J.H., Haig, S.M., 2000, Status of a broadly distributed endangered species- results and implications of the second International Piping Plover Census: Canadian Journal of Zoology, v. 78, no. 1, p. 128-139. [FullText] copyrighted material courtesy of NRC Catalog No: 657 Plissner, J.H., Haig, S.M., 1999, Metapopulation viability of piping plovers in the U.S. Great Plains and Prairie Canada In Higgins, K.F., Brashier, M.R., Kruse, C.D., eds., Proceedings, piping plovers and least terns of the Great Plains and nearby: Brookings, SD, South Dakota State University, p. 44-45. [FullText] Catalog No: 576 Plissner, J.H., Haig, S.M., 1999, Overview of results of the 1996 International Piping Plover Census In Higgins, K.F., Brashier, M.R., Kruse, C.D., eds., Proceedings, piping plovers and least terns of the Great Plains and nearby: Brookings, SD, South Dakota State University, p. 37-41. [FullText] Catalog No: 577
1996 International Piping Plover Census
Haig, Susan M. - Supervisory Research Wildlife Biologist
Phone: 541-750-7482
Email: susan_haig@usgs.gov
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