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Assessing Renesting Rate and Survey Methods of Red Phalarope (Phalaropus fulicarius), a Polyandrous Arctic-breeding Shorebird

Creator:

Cosgrove, Jillian M.

Abstract:

The life history traits of polygamous, non-territorial shorebirds like the Red Phalarope (Phalaropus fulicarius) can make it challenging to assess their population status. There are two general approaches to statistical inference used to understand shorebird (Order: Charadriiformes) population change: design-based inference, which implements an a-priori sampling scheme with known selection...

Resource Type:

Masters Thesis

Full Text:

reviewing my thesis proposal and chapter 2. Dr. Katherine McLaughlin assisted in planning and reviewing