POPULATION ASSESSMENT OF AN ENDANGERED SHOREBIRD: THE PIPING PLOVER (CHARADRIUS MELODUS MELODUS) IN EASTERN CANADA

Population Assessment of an Endangered Shorebird: the Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus melodus) in Eastern Canada

Small, at-risk populations are those for which accurate demographic information is most crucial to conservation and recovery, but also where data collection is constrained by logistical challenges and small sample sizes.Migratory animals in particular may experience a wide range of threats to survival and reproduction throughout each annual cycle,

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A new species of genus Gagea Salisb. (Liliaceae) from Kyrgyz Republic (Western Tian Shan, Chatkal Range, Sary-Chelek Nature Reserve)

A new white-flowered species of Gagea is described from the Sary-Chelek Nature Reserve (Chatkal Range, Kyrgyzstan), which footballs grows at a relatively low elevation in shallow shady niches on gorge walls formed by conglomerates.In its habit and flower color, this species resembles G.delicatula but differs from the latter mainly in the number and

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