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Identifying Umbrella Species To Inform The Conservation Of Intertidal Areas In Acadia National Park, Abigiail Muscat
Identifying Umbrella Species To Inform The Conservation Of Intertidal Areas In Acadia National Park, Abigiail Muscat
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The nearshore ecosystem in Maine (USA) supports several bird species that rely on intertidal and subtidal zones, including high densities of migratory shorebirds and wintering waterfowl. Additionally, Acadia National Park (ANP) includes some of the country’s highest densities of both Purple Sandpipers (Calidris maritima) and Harlequin Ducks (Histrionicus histrionicus). Here I investigated whether conservation actions taken to preserve these two species of high conservation concern might also benefit the larger taxonomic groups to which they belong, a concept known as “umbrella species conservation”. To answer this question, bird abundance surveys were conducted within ANP during 2021, and detection and occupancy …