Piping plover adult and natal survival dispersal probabilities in the Northern Great Plains, USA 2014-2019

Publication Date

2021-02-25

Start Date

2014

End Date

2019

Swift, R.J., Anteau, M.J., Ellis, K.S., Ring, M.M., Sherfy, M.H., Toy, D.L., and Koons, D.N., 2020, Spatial variation in population dynamics of Northern Great Plains piping plovers, 2014–2019: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P96PSOBQ.

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Based on previous studies, managers assumed a metapopulation structure consisting of four breeding groups with low, balanced dispersal for the federally listed Northern Great Plains piping plover (Charadrius melodus), which resulted in low extinction risk in a simulation-based viability study (McGowan et al. 2014). Data were obtained to examine survival and dispersal probabilities among two of the four breeding groups listed in the McGowan study (U.S. Alkali Wetlands and Northern Missouri River) as part of an overall assessment of the connectivity and movement rates of Northern Great Plains piping plovers. McGowan, C.P., Catlin, D.H., Shaffer, T.L., Gratto-Trevor, C.L., and Aron, C., 2014, Establishing endangered species recovery criteria using predictive simulation modeling: Biological Conservation, v. 177, p. 220–229.

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