The role of environmental variability in breeding success of piping plovers in eastern Canada

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dc.contributor.advisorMajor, H.
dc.contributor.authorComeau, Marina
dc.date.accessioned2023-06-07T20:31:33Z
dc.date.available2023-06-07T20:31:33Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.description.abstractPiping Plover (Charadrius melodus) populations in Eastern Canada have been on a continual decline. I analyzed 20 years of weather and breeding success data on Piping Plover for the Southern Nova Scotia region to determine if there is a correlation between population decline and weather in the area. No individual weather patterns influenced breeding success of Piping Plover in Nova Scotia but North Atlantic Oscillation had a positive correlation with breeding success. This suggests that large-scale climate change may impact Piping Plover populations in Eastern Canada indirectly by altering the condition of breeding adults outside of the breeding season.
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dc.format.extentvi, 23 pages
dc.format.mediumelectronic
dc.identifier.urihttps://unbscholar.lib.unb.ca/handle/1882/34334
dc.language.isoen_CA
dc.publisherUniversity of New Brunswick
dc.rightshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
dc.subject.disciplineBiology
dc.titleThe role of environmental variability in breeding success of piping plovers in eastern Canada
dc.typesenior report
thesis.degree.disciplineBiology
thesis.degree.fullnameBachelor of Science with Honours in Marine Biology
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of New Brunswick
thesis.degree.levelundergraduate
thesis.degree.nameB.Sc.

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