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    Thirty Years of Local Semipalmated Plover (Charadrius semipalmatus) Population Dynamics in Churchill, Manitoba, Canada: A Long-Term Study on Factors Influencing the Rate of Population Change Over Time

    Year: 2024, 2024
    Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
    Name(s): Creator (cre): Brown, Andrew, Thesis advisor (ths): Nol, Erica, Degree committee member (dgc): Davy, Christina, Degree committee member (dgc): Catlin, Daniel, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University
    Abstract: <p>I used 31 years of Semipalmated Plover (Charadrius semipalmatus) population data to assess the effects of vital rates on a local breeding population of plovers in Churchill, Manitoba, Canada. I used three similar Bayesian Integrated Population Models (IPMs), with the last a coupled IPM population viability analysis (PVA) approach to predict the impact of changing spring temperatures on… more