2021
DOI: 10.1002/ecs2.3474
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Decline of novel ecosystems used by endangered species: the case of piping plovers, least terns, and aggregate mines

Abstract: Sand and gravel mining creates novel ecosystems along the Platte, Loup, and Elkhorn rivers in Nebraska, USA. Piping plovers and least terns are state and/or federally threatened and endangered species, respectively, that nest and raise young at these sites and their derivatives. Despite hosting relatively large numbers of piping plovers and least terns for decades, an important question that has largely gone unaddressed is whether the industry that has produced these novel ecosystems is stable and will continu… Show more

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“…Our study area included all breeding areas in the NGP of the United States and Canada (i.e., breeding areas in Colorado, Nebraska, South Dakota, North Dakota, Montana, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta), and uses the previously defined metapopulation structure composed of four breeding groups (Prairie Canada, U.S. Alkali Wetlands, Northern Rivers, and Southern Rivers; McGowan et al, 2014;USFWS, 2016;USFWS, 2020). Plovers breeding in the NGP use bare to sparsely vegetated areas of sand or gravel substrate found on sandbars of flowing rivers, shorelines of depressional wetlands, lakes, and reservoirs (Anteau et al, 2019;Swift et al, 2021a), and margins of various stages of sand and gravel mines (Jorgensen et al, 2021). Most habitat is primarily created and maintained by waterlevel fluctuations (Anteau et al, 2014a;McCauley et al, 2016;Anteau et al, 2019).…”
Section: Study System and Modelmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Our study area included all breeding areas in the NGP of the United States and Canada (i.e., breeding areas in Colorado, Nebraska, South Dakota, North Dakota, Montana, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta), and uses the previously defined metapopulation structure composed of four breeding groups (Prairie Canada, U.S. Alkali Wetlands, Northern Rivers, and Southern Rivers; McGowan et al, 2014;USFWS, 2016;USFWS, 2020). Plovers breeding in the NGP use bare to sparsely vegetated areas of sand or gravel substrate found on sandbars of flowing rivers, shorelines of depressional wetlands, lakes, and reservoirs (Anteau et al, 2019;Swift et al, 2021a), and margins of various stages of sand and gravel mines (Jorgensen et al, 2021). Most habitat is primarily created and maintained by waterlevel fluctuations (Anteau et al, 2014a;McCauley et al, 2016;Anteau et al, 2019).…”
Section: Study System and Modelmentioning
confidence: 99%