Download or read book The Effect of Habitat Choice, Density and Distribution on Breeding Western Snowy Plovers written by Krista A. Fahy and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Between 1995 and 2004, the 25.7 hectare Guadalupe Oil Field supported up to 21 breeding pairs of snowy plovers each season. While mean hatching success (0.58) was slightly higher than at other breeding sites, success rates declined after 1998 with predation the dominant source (0.61) of nest failure.