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Author(s): Wunder, M.B., F.L. Knopf, and C.A. Pague Wunder,
M.B., F.L. Knopf, and C.A. Pague. 2003. The high-elevation
population of Mountain Plovers in Colorado. The Condor 105(4):
654-662. We surveyed a discrete population of Mountain Plovers
(Charadrius montanus) in South Park, Park County, Colorado, to
determine the size and relative contribution of this
geographically isolated area to the global population of
plovers. First, we mapped potential plover habitat within South
Park based on landform and vegetation descriptors. Second, we
identified occupied habitat using observations from a systematic
inventory of potential habitat from 1995–1999 and from a study
of breeding biology from 2000–2002. Third, we estimated breeding
densities within a framework designed specifically for distance
sampling. We mapped 82 750 ha of potential habitat