Piping plover adult flying over Lake Sakakawea. (IMAGE)

U.S. Geological Survey

Piping plover adult flying over Lake Sakakawea.

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Piping plover adult flying over Lake Sakakawea. Piping plover breeding groups in the Northern Great Plains are notably connected through movements between habitats and show lower reproductive rates than previously thought, according to a new U.S. Geological Survey study. These new findings point to a need for further studies and suggest the species may show a higher extinction risk than currently presumed.

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