Factors that affect migratory Western Atlantic red knots (Calidris canutus rufa) and their prey during spring staging on Virginia’s barrier islands

• Erin L. Heller ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: elheller@vt.edu (EH); karpanty@vt.edu (SK); fraser@vt.edu (JF)

  Current address: Biology Department, Randolph College, Lynchburg, VA, United States of America

  Affiliation Department of Fish and Wildlife Conservation, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America

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• Sarah M. Karpanty ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: elheller@vt.edu (EH); karpanty@vt.edu (SK); fraser@vt.edu (JF)

  Affiliation Department of Fish and Wildlife Conservation, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3831-8914

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• Jonathan B. Cohen,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Environmental and Forest Biology, The State University of New York, Syracuse, NY, United States of America

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• Daniel H. Catlin,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Fish and Wildlife Conservation, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America

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• Shannon J. Ritter,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Software, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Fish and Wildlife Conservation, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America

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• Barry R. Truitt,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation The Nature Conservancy, Virginia Coast Reserve, Nassawadox, VA, United States of America

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• James D. Fraser

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: elheller@vt.edu (EH); karpanty@vt.edu (SK); fraser@vt.edu (JF)

  Affiliation Department of Fish and Wildlife Conservation, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America

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