This article identifies ways to overcome impediments to restoring natural features on
developed shores where human-use functions are the dominant driving forces. Suggestions …

Disturbance from human recreation may impact vulnerable life stages of beach-nesting
plovers (Charadrius spp.). Although human recreation may decrease hatching success of …

1. The present study investigated breeding success and causes of breeding failure of
curlew, a species for which the UK holds internationally important breeding numbers …

The threatened population of Atlantic Coast piping plovers (Charadrius melodus) has
increased under intensive management of predation and disturbance. However, the relative …

The absences of large carnivores from many ecosystems, human‐induced landscape
changes, and resource supplementation have been theorized to increase the abundance of …

Umbrella species are rarely selected systematically from a range of candidate species. On
sandy beaches, birds that nest on the upper beach or in dunes are threatened globally and …

Abstract. Precocial young often experience high mortality prior to achieving flight, especially
in the first days after hatching. We quantified relationships between chick age, survival …

Shorebird populations worldwide are declining because of habitat loss from sea‐level rise,
accelerated erosion, development, and recreational land use. To better understand the …

Wildlife ecologists often use the Kaplan‐Meier procedure or Cox proportional hazards
model to estimate survival rates, distributions, and magnitude of risk factors. The Andersen …

The piping plover (Charadrius melodus) was listed under the United States Endangered
Species Act (ESA) because of habitat loss and excessive predation. The Missouri River …