The Population Ecology and Conservation of Charadrius Plovers

The 40 or so species of beach-loving plovers (genus Charadrius ) comprise a diverse group of shorebirds found around the world. Most of these species are challenged by changing climates and other human-related development activities, yet they provide key insights into basic ecological and evolutionary processes. The expert international contributors take a comparative approach, presenting examples from many worldwide plover studies and synthesizing the group’s most pressing and important topics.