Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection

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Factors Affecting Nest Survival and Nest Site Selection for the Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes)

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Year: 2025, 2025

Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection

Name(s): Creator (cre): Brown, Courtland Weston, Thesis advisor (ths): Nol, Erica, Thesis advisor (ths): Christie, Katie, Degree committee member (dgc): Smith, Paul A., Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University

Abstract: <p>The Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes) is a steeply declining shorebird that breeds across boreal North America. I studied nest survival in Anchorage, Alaska, USA and Churchill, Manitoba, Canada and nest site selection factors in Churchill. Nests were monitored at each site and daily nest survival rates (DSR) were calculated based on a maximum likelihood approach. Overall nest survival… more

Phenology and Movement Ecology of Mid-Atlantic Breeding Shorebirds

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Year: 2025, 2025

Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection

Name(s): Creator (cre): MacLaurin, Trevor, Thesis advisor (ths): Nol, Erica, Degree committee member (dgc): Smith, Paul A., Degree committee member (dgc): Senner, Nathan R., Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University

Abstract: <p>Migration, space use, and phenology play key roles in shaping avian populations and are therefore critical for conservation. My thesis examines the migration strategies and non-breeding spatial requirements of Virginia's beach-nesting American Oystercatchers (Haematopus palliatus), as well as the nesting phenology of mid-Atlantic American Oystercatchers and Piping Plovers (… more

Shorebird Stopover Ecology and Environmental Change at James Bay, Ontario, Canada

Year: 2020, 2020

Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection

Name(s): Creator (cre): Anderson, Alexandra Marie, Thesis advisor (ths): Nol, Erica, Thesis advisor (ths): Smith, Paul A., Degree committee member (dgc): Nocera, Joseph J., Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University

Abstract: <p>I examined how shorebirds respond to environmental change at a key subarctic migratory bird stopover site, the southwestern coast of James Bay, Ontario, Canada. First, I investigated if the morphology of sandpipers using James Bay during southbound migration has changed compared to 40 years prior. I found shorter, more convex and maneuverable wings for sandpipers in the present-day… more

Full Text: Shorebird Stopover Ecology and Environmental Change at James Bay, Ontario, Canada A thesis submitted to the Committee on Graduate Studies in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the Faculty of Arts and Science …