Useful Literature related to Piping Plovers
Allan, T. A. 1985. Nesting biology, habitat use, and reproductive success of piping plovers on the Lake Superior shoreline in the eastern Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Mich, Dept. Nat. Resour., Unpubl. Rept.
Allan, T. A. 1986. Nesting biology, behavior, and reproductive success of piping plovers on the Lake Superior shoreline in the eastern Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Mich. Dept. Nat. Resour., Unpubl. Rept.
Barrows, W. B. 1912. Michigan bird life. Mich. Agric. Coll. Spec. Bull., E. Lansing.
Brown, S. C. 1987a. Comparative breeding biology of the piping plover and spotted sandpiper. M.S. thesis, Univ. Mich., Ann Arbor.
Brown, S. C. 1987b. Field tests to control crow predation on piping plover eggs. Mich. Dept. Nat. Resour., Unpubl. Rept.
Burger, J. 1987. Physical and social determinants of nest-site selection in piping plover in New Jersey. Condor 89:811-18.
Cairns, W. E. 1982. Biology and behavior of breeding piping plovers. Wilson Bull. 94:531-45.
Cottrille, B. C. 1957. Summer distribution of the piping plover in Michigan. Jack-Pine Warbler 35:26-33.
Flemming, S. P. 1987. Natural and experimental adaption of piping plover chicks. 1. Field Ornith. 58:270-73.
Flemming, S. P., R. D. Chiasson, P. C. Smith, P. J. Austin-Smith, and R. P. Bancroft. 1988. Piping plover status in Nova Scotia related to its reproductive and behavioral responses to human disturbance. 1. Field Ornith. 59:321-30.
Haig, S. M. 1985. The status of the piping plover in Canada. Natl. Mus. Can., Ottawa.
Haig, S. M., and L. W. Oring. 1988s. Distribution and dispersal in the piping plover. Auk 105:630-38.
Haig, S. M., and L. W. Oring. 1988b. Mate, site, and territory fidelity in piping plovers. Auk 105:268-77.
Haig, S. M., and L. W. Oring. 1988c. Genetic differentiation of piping plovers across North America. Auk 105:260-67.
Haig, S. M., W. Harrison, R. Lock, L. Pfarmmuller, E. Pike, M. Ryan, and J. Sidle. 1988. Piping plover recovery plan for the Great Lakes and northern Great Plains. U.S. Fish Wildl. Serv., Washington, D.C.
Johnson, C. M. 1987. Aspects of the wintering ecology of the piping plover in coastal Alabama. M.S. thesis, Auburn Univ., Auburn, AL.
Johnson, C. M., and G. A. Baldassarre. 1988. Aspects of the wintering ecology of piping plovers in coastal Alabama. Wilson Bull. 100:214-23.
Lakela, 0. 1946. Additional observations on the nesting of piping plovers in Duluth. Flicker 18:11.
Lambert, A., and B. Ratcliff. 1981. Present status of the piping plover in Michigan. lack-Pine Warbler 59:44-52.
Mason, J. W., M. H. Albers, and E. M. Brick. 1985. An evaluation of beach nourishment on the Lake Superior shore. Wisc. Dept. Nat. Resour., Tech. Bull. No. 157.
Master, L., and T. French. 1984. Notes from the piping plover and least tern inventory/ protection/management workshop for northeastern states. The Nature Conservancy, Unpubl. Rept.
Nicholls, J. L. 1989. Distribution and other ecological aspects of piping plovers wintering along the Atlantic and gulf coasts. M.S. thesis, Auburn Univ., Auburn, AL.
Niemi G. J., and T. E. Davis. 1979. Notes on the nesting ecology of the piping plover. Loon 51:74-79.
Nordstrum, L. H. 1990. Assessment of habitat suitability for reestablishment of piping plovers in the Great Lakes National Lakeshores. M.S. thesis, Univ. Missouri, Columbia.
Pike, E. A., and R. A. Wolinski. 1987. A survey of the piping plover in Michigan: 1987. Mich. Dept. Nat. Resour., Unpubl. Rept.
Pike, E., T. Allan, D. Ewert, M. Holden, and J. Weinrich. 1987. Michigan piping plover recovery plan. Mich. Dept. Nat. Resour., Unpubl. Rept.
Prindiville-Gaines, E. P., and M. R. Ryan. 1988. Piping plover habitat use and reproductive success in North Dakota. 1. Wildl. Mgmt. 52:266-73.
Russell, R. 1973. The extirpation of the piping plover as a breeding species in Illinois and Indiana. Ill. Aud. Bull. 165:46-48.
Russell, R. P., Jr. 1983. The piping plover in the Great Lakes Region. Am. Birds 37:951-55.
Switzer, F. A. 1979. Piping plovers use man-made habitat. Blue Jay 37:116
Wiens, T. P., and F. J. Cuthbert. 1984. Status and reproductive success of the piping plover in Lake of the Woods. Loon 56:106-9.
Wilcox, L. 1959. A twenty year banding study of the piping plover. Auk 76:129-52.