Identification_Information:
	Citation:
		Citation_Information:
			Originator: Plissner, J. and S. Haig
			Publication_Date: 2000
			Title: Status of a broadly distributed endangered species: results and implications of the second International Piping Plover Census
			Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: Journal article
			Series_Information:
				Series_Name: Canadian Journal of Zoology
				Issue_Identification: 78: 128-139
			Other_Citation_Details:
				Science Information System Project #: 70-39
				Publication Control #: 657
	Description:
		Abstract: This article describes the difficulty of monitoring a mobile and widely distributed population like the piping plover.  In some areas numbers have increased since the first International Census in 1991, but in other areas, like the Great Plains and Canadian Prairie, numbers may be reduced due to a dramatic shift in water conditions.
		Purpose: Reporting research results
		Supplemental_Information:
			Extent of item: 128-139pp
			Illustrative Matter:  tables, maps, and graphs
	Time_Period_of_Content:
		Time_Period_Information:
			Single_Date/Time:
				Calendar_Date: 2000
		Currentness_Reference: publication date
	Status:
		Progress: Complete
		Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned
	Spatial_Domain:
		Description_of_Geographic_Extent: Wintering and breeding range of Piping Plover
		Bounding_Coordinates:
			West_Bounding_Coordinate: -116
			East_Bounding_Coordinate: -57
			North_Bounding_Coordinate: 56
			South_Bounding_Coordinate: 16
	Keywords:
		Theme:
			Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: Science Information System Controlled Vocabulary
			Theme_Keyword: Endangered Species
			Theme_Keyword: Birds
			Theme_Keyword: Status and Trends
			Theme_Keyword: Monitoring
			Theme_Keyword: Populations
		Place:
			Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: none
			Place_Keyword: Great Plains
			Place_Keyword: United States
			Place_Keyword: Canada
	Taxonomy:
		Keywords/Taxon:
			Taxonomic_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
			Taxonomic_Keywords: piping plover
			Taxonomic_Keywords: birds
		Taxonomic_Classification:
			Taxon_Rank_Name: Kingdom
			Taxon_Rank_Value: Animalia
			Taxonomic_Classification:
				Taxon_Rank_Name: Phylum
				Taxon_Rank_Value: Chordata
				Taxonomic_Classification:
					Taxon_Rank_Name: SubPhylum
					Taxon_Rank_Value: Vertebrata
					Taxonomic_Classification:
						Taxon_Rank_Name: Class
						Taxon_Rank_Value: Aves
						Taxonomic_Classification:
							Taxon_Rank_Name: Order
							Taxon_Rank_Value: Ciconiiformes
							Taxonomic_Classification:
								Taxon_Rank_Name: Family
								Taxon_Rank_Value: Charadriidae
								Taxonomic_Classification:
									Taxon_Rank_Name: Genus
									Taxon_Rank_Value: Charadrius
									Taxonomic_Classification:
										Taxon_Rank_Name: Species
										Taxon_Rank_Value: Charadrius melodus
										Applicable_Common_Name: piping plover
	Access_Constraints: None
	Use_Constraints: None
	Point_of_Contact:
		Contact_Information:
			Contact_Person_Primary:
				Contact_Person: Haig, Susan
				Contact_Organization: USGS Forest and Rangeland Ecosystem Science Center
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				Address_Type: mailing and physical address
				Address: 3200 SW Jefferson way
				City: Corvallis
				State_or_Province: OR
				Postal_Code: 97331
			Contact_Voice_Telephone: 541-750-7482
			Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: susan_haig@usgs.gov
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				Country: USA
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Metadata_Reference_Information:
	Metadata_Date: 20010316
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				State_or_Province: OR
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