Peter Davidson

TL;DR: Widespread biofilm consumption demonstrates the importance of biofilm as a dietary component and suggests that habitat heterogeneity may be an important component of high quality stopover locations in the context of “state-dependant trade-offs” of Western Sandpiper population sub-groups.

TL;DR: It is proposed that changes in the availability of low-trophic prey may be forcing wintering range shifts of diving birds in the Salish Sea, providing unique insights into the types of species that are at risk of extirpation and why, but may also inform proactive conservation measures to counteract threats.

TL;DR: The British Columbia Coastal Waterbird Survey (BCWCWS) is a citizen science long-term monitoring program implemented by Bird Studies Canada to assess population trends and ecological needs of waterbirds using the province's coastal and inshore marine habitats.

TL;DR: The Migratory Shorebird Project (MSP) as mentioned in this paper was created to collect data from multiple sites along the Pacific Coast of the Americas to characterize spatial and temporal variation in shorebird abundance, to understand which factors (habitat, threats) most influence their populations across the flyway.