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      Reproductive ecology of interior least tern and piping plover in relation to Platte River hydrology and sandbar dynamics

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          In a recent study, Farnsworth et al. (2017) used distributions of nest initiation dates drawn mostly from human‐created, off‐channel habitats and a model of emergent sandbar habitat to evaluate the hypothesis that least terns ( Sternula antillarum) and piping plovers ( Charadrius melodus) are physiologically adapted to initiate nests concurrent with the cessation of spring river flow rises on two sections of the Platte River, Nebraska. The study by Farnsworth et al. (2017) has several shortcomings which bring into question the authors’ principal assertion that interior least tern and piping plovers are not adapted to occupying and nesting on river sandbars on the Platte River system. We identify these shortcomings and provide information, which, we suggest, would change their conclusions if incorporated.

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                Journal
                Ecol Evol
                Ecol Evol
                10.1002/(ISSN)2045-7758
                ECE3
                Ecology and Evolution
                John Wiley and Sons Inc. (Hoboken )
                2045-7758
                02 May 2018
                June 2018
                : 8
                : 11 ( doiID: 10.1002/ece3.2018.8.issue-11 )
                : 5674-5679
                Affiliations
                [ 1 ] Department of Geology and Geophysics University of Wyoming Laramie Wyoming
                [ 2 ] Nongame Bird Program Nebraska Game and Parks Commission Lincoln Nebraska
                [ 3 ] Tern and Plover Conservation Partnership University of Nebraska Lincoln Nebraska
                Author information
                http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1602-482X
                Article
                ECE34109
                10.1002/ece3.4109
                6010787
                8a59f505-8977-4c12-b031-0a65d8e11f2c
                © 2018 The Authors. Ecology and Evolution published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.

                This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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                ece34109
                June 2018
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                Evolutionary Biology
                Evolutionary Biology

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