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Phylogeography and population structure of least terns (Sterna antillarum)

Creator:

Draheim, Hope M.

Abstract:

Historically, least terns (Sterna antillarum) were one of the most common tern species in North America. However, population declines have resulted from direct and indirect anthropogenic pressures on their breeding and foraging habitat. Three subspecies of least terns have been described within the United States: California least tern (S. a....

Resource Type:

Masters Thesis

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), Roger Boyd (Baker University), Mark McCollough (U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service) Kevin Stubbs (U. S
Influence of wetland landscape structure of shorebirds wintering in an agricultural valley

Creator:

Taft, Oriane Williams

Abstract:

Understanding how wetland birds use habitat is pivotal to developing successful and beneficial conservation strategies. Although it has been an ardent topic in forest research for some time, how species interact with the spatial patterning of habitat across a landscape (i.e., landscape structure) has been more or less neglected in...

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Dissertation