Figure 1.
Map depicting our study area within La Grange Pool (dotted line) of the Illinois River in central Illinois, and specific study wetlands (labeled).
Table 1.
Number of Killdeer (KILL), Least Sandpipers (LESA), Lesser Yellowlegs (LEYE), and Pectoral Sandpipers (PESA) collected and included in analyses of size-corrected body mass by site, year, and species.
Table 2.
Mean MAPS score (0–7), size-corrected body mass (SCBM; grams), standard error (SE), and 95% lower and upper confidence limits (LCL and UCL) of shorebirds collected in central Illinois during fall migrations 2007 and 2008, and published mass ranges (grams) for target species.
Table 3.
Aggregate percent mass (dry) of taxa found in fall-migrating Killdeer ingesta and core samples taken at collection and random sites in 2007 and 2008.
Table 4.
Aggregate percent mass (dry) of taxa found in fall-migrating Least Sandpiper ingesta and core samples taken at collection and random sites in 2007 and 2008.
Table 5.
Aggregate percent mass (dry) of taxa found in fall-migrating Lesser Yellowlegs ingesta and core samples taken at collection and random sites in 2007 and 2008.
Table 6.
Aggregate percent mass (dry) of taxa found in fall-migrating Pectoral Sandpiper ingesta and core samples taken at collection and random sites in 2007 and 2008.