Human recreational disturbance and its effects on wildlife demographics and behavior is an
increasingly important area of research. We monitored the nesting success of American …

Sea level rise (SLR) may degrade habitat for coastal vertebrates in the Southeastern United
States, but it is unclear which groups or species will be most exposed to habitat changes …

Wildlife on sandy beaches is often constrained by transformation of natural areas for human
use, and opportunities for acquiring or restoring new habitat are rare. Storms can often force …

The purpose of this study is to experimentally determine the differences between four
grazing treatments on the trampling of nests. Additionally, we examine to what extent the …

The American Oystercatcher Haematopus palliatus is the most widely distributed of the four
oystercatcher species in the Western Hemisphere. Its range covers almost the entire Atlantic …

Resource limitations often prevent the active management required to maintain habitat
quality in protected areas. Because restrictions in access or allowable public activities are …

Identifying the drivers of long-term population change is a key goal of ecological studies. It is
complicated by extrinsic and intrinsic factors that may covary with time and/or operate on a …

We used an information-theoretic approach to assess the factors affecting the reproductive
success of American Oystercatchers Haematopus palliatus on the Outer Banks of North …

Many coastal-dependent species have undergone large-scale population declines due to
impacts from habitat loss, including American oystercatchers (Haematopus palliatus) …

Spatiotemporal variations in food availability represent a challenge to the persistence of
specialist species. The American oystercatcher (Haematopus palliatus) is a shorebird …