Piping Plovers and Least Terns of
the Great Plains and Nearby
A draft protocol for assessing piping plover reproductive success
on Great Plains alkali lakes
Robert K. Murphy1, Brian G. Root2, Paul
M. Mayer3,J. Paul Goossen4, and Karen A. Smith5
South Dakota State University
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
U.S. Geological Survey/Biological Resources Division
Nebraska Game and Parks Commission
1999
This resource is based on the following source:
Murphy, Robert K., Brian G. Root, Paul M. Mayer, J. Paul Goossen, and Karen A. Smith. 1999. A draft protocol for assessing piping plover reproductive success on Great Plains alkali lakes. Pages 90-107 in K.F. Higgins, M.R. Brashier, and C.D. Kruse (eds.), Proceedings, piping plovers and least terns of the Great Plains and nearby. South Dakota State University, Brookings.This resource should be cited as:
Murphy, Robert K., Brian G. Root, Paul M. Mayer, J. Paul Goossen, and Karen A. Smith. 1999. A draft protocol for assessing piping plover reproductive success on Great Plains alkali lakes. Pages 90-107 in K.F. Higgins, M.R. Brashier, and C.D. Kruse (eds.), Proceedings, piping plovers and least terns of the Great Plains and nearby. South Dakota State University, Brookings. Jamestown, ND: Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center Online. http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/birds/pplover/index.htm (Version 08OCT99).
Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Scope
- Legal concerns
- Terminology
- Methodology
- Section A -- Censuses of breeding plovers
- Section B -- Nest finding
- Section C -- Marking nests
- Section D -- Nesting chronology: initiation, hatching, and fledging dates
- Section E -- Determining nest success in the field
- Section F -- Monitoring chick survival and fledging
- Section G -- Monitoring frequency
- Section H -- Database management
- Section I -- Reporting measures of reproductive success
- Section J -- Equipment
- Protocol outline
- Acknowledgments
- Literature cited
- Appendices
- Appendix A -- Nesting chronology for Great Plains alkali lakes
- Appendix B -- Examples: breeding site map and chronological data record
- Appendix C -- Examples: calculating nest, fledging rate and pair success
- Table 1 -- Piping Plover Productivity
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