Using Decision Science for Monitoring Threatened Western Snowy Plovers to Inform Recovery.

ABSTRACT: Western Snowy Plovers (Charadrius nivosus nivosus) are federally listed under the US Endangered Species Act as Threatened. They occur along the US Pacific coastline and are threatened by habitat loss and destruction and excessive levels of predation and human disturbance. Populations have been monitored since the 1970s for distribution, reproduction, and survival. Since the species was federally listed in 1993 and a recovery plan was approved under the US Fish and Wildlife Service in 2007, recovery actions have resulted in growing populations with increased presence at breeding and wintering sites throughout their Pacific Coast range. This success has created logistical challenges related to monitoring a recovering species and a need for identifying and instituting the best monitoring appr

SUBMITTER: Marcot BG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7926560 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature