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 Josh Nightingale (nightingale.joshua@gmail.com).

In this issue:

• Using satellite imagery to identify foraging habitats for shorebirds and model their distribution in the mudflats of the Bijagós archipelago, Guinea-Bissau (MSc), by João Belo
• Composition and abundance of shorebird and macroinvertebrate communities differ according to densities of burrowing fiddler crabs in tropical intertidal flats (MSc), by João Paulino