An investigation of stopover ecology of the red knot on the Virginia Barrier Island

Authors

F. M. Smith, The Center for Conservation BiologyFollow
A. E. Duerr
B. J. Paxton, The Center for Conservation BiologyFollow
B. D. Watts, The Center for Conservation BiologyFollow

Code

CCBTR-07-14

Publication Date

2008

Abstract

The Virginia barrier island chain plays a significant role in the life cycle of many of the most vulnerable shorebird species in North America. The large areas of relatively undisturbed beach and marsh habitat available to shorebirds during the migratory

Topic

Abundance/Distribution; Breeding/Demography/Population Dynamics

Species

Red Knot

Source

Center for Conservation Biology Technical Report Series CCBTR-07-14. College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA.

Pages

35

Recommended Citation

Smith, F. M., A. E. Duerr, B. J. Paxton, and B. D. Watts. 2008. An investigation of stopover ecology of the red knot on the Virginia Barrier Island. The Center for Conservation Biology Technical Report Series: CCBTR-07-14. William & Mary, Williamsburg, VA. 35 pp.