Resource partitioning between Glossy and White Ibises in a rice field system in southcentral Cuba

Waterbirds

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 65-72

  Acosta, Martin ^a   Mugica, Lourdes ^a   Mancina, Carlos ^a   Ruiz, Xavier ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAVANA   (Cuba)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cuba; Density; Eudocimus albus; Foraging; Glossy Ibis; Granivory; Plegadis falcinellus; Rice fields; Segregation; White Ibis

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CICONIIFORMES; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); EUDOCIMUS ALBUS; HEXAPODA; IBIS; INSECTA; PLEGADIS FALCINELLUS;

EID: 0000318933     PISSN: 07386028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1521808     Document Type: Article

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