Thesis Abstracts

As a means of disseminating information about important new wader studies in advance of formal publication, this series features abstracts from recent wader theses (bachelors, masters and doctoral). Thesis authors are invited to submit abstracts to the compiler Nelli Rönkä (nelli.ronka@oulu.fi).

In this issue:

• Bridging from the Arctic to the tropics: implications of long-distance migration for individual fitness (PhD), by Camilo Carneiro
• Conservation management for lowland breeding waders in the UK (PhD), by Lucy R. Mason
• Do wintering conditions drive population trends in Semipalmated Sandpipers Calidris pusilla? Evidence from a corticosterone biomarker (MSc), by Megan L. Boldenow