Double-banded plover (IMAGE)

Ecological Society of America

Double-banded plover

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Ground-nesting shorebirds like the double-banded Plover are vulnerable to invasive terrestrial predators in New Zealand including cats, hedgehogs and ferrets. Olfactory cues may help wildlife managers decrease nest predation by these predators to protect populations.

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Grant Norbury

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Credit Grant Norbury / Ecological Society of America

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