Manitoba's declining Piping Plover population and the importance of special conservation areas

J. Paul Goossen; Ken Porteous

doi:10.29173/bluejay7

Manitoba's declining Piping Plover population and the importance of special conservation areas

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J. Paul Goossen
Ken Porteous

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.29173/bluejay7

Keywords:

piping plover, manitoba, conservation, biology, species at risk, endangered species, threatened species

Abstract

Many endangered species have a spotty distribution where local and even entire provincial populations
can blink in and out depending on varying habitat and climatic conditions. a challenge for wildlife managers is to decide how long to continue protecting an area for a species at risk when it no longer uses the area. Such could be the case in manitoba for habitat no longer used by the beach-nesting Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus), listed as endangered both provincially and nationally

Author Biography

J. Paul Goossen

emeritus associate canadian Wildlife Service environment and climate change canada

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Published

2017-09-15

How to Cite

Goossen, J. P., & Porteous, K. (2017). Manitoba’s declining Piping Plover population and the importance of special conservation areas. Blue Jay, 75(3), 9–16. https://doi.org/10.29173/bluejay7

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Vol. 75 No. 3 (2017): Fall 2017

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