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Factors affecting Western Atlantic red knots (Calidris canutus rufa) and their prey during spring migration on Virginia's barrier islands
… of federally threatened (U.S.A.) and endangered (Canada) migratory Western Atlantic red knots (Calidris canutus rufa, 'red knot') use Virginia's barrier islands as stopover habitat to regain the fat required to continue flights to breeding grounds. Because the red knot completes one of the …
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A System-Level Analysis of Migratory Shorebird Habitat Use, Diet, and the Influence of Climate-Driven Ecosystem Change in the Virginia Barrier Islands
… annually, including federally threatened red knots (Calidris canutus rufa) and other state and regional species of conservation concern such as dunlin (Calidris alpina) and semipalmated sandpipers (Calidris pusilla). The goals of my thesis were: 1) to advance understanding of the foraging …