Sandpiper detectives pinpoint trouble spots in continent-wide migration
Wednesday, April 5, 2017 - 15:21
in Biology & Nature
Understanding and managing migratory animal populations requires knowing what's going on with them during all stages of their annual cycle -- and how those stages affect each other. A new study tackles this problem for Semipalmated Sandpipers, historically one of the most widespread and numerous shorebird species of the Western Hemisphere, whose populations in some areas have undergone mysterious declines in recent years.