Breeding ecology and movements of Two-banded plovers in Valdés Peninsula, Argentina (original) (raw)

Knowledge on the breeding ecology of shorebirds (Charadriiformes) in South America is scanty and this lack of information has a two fold consequence. On the one hand, our knowledge about shorebird diversity may be biased by studies that investigated shorebirds on the Northern Hemisphere, Africa and Australasia. On the other hand, the conservation status is poorly known for species that breed in the Neotropics. Population parameters for Neotropical species rely on limited information on their movements, abundance, growth and reproduction, and these make difficult to estimate their conservation status and population trends. For example, to our knowledge there is any study providing information on the length of incubation periods, the rate of offspring growth and type of mating system and parental care of Two-banded plovers (Charadius falklandicus). Here we investigate the breeding ecology and breeding dispersal between years of individually marked Two-banded plovers in two years. Usin...

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