Effects of substrate on prey use by belted kingfishers (Ceryle alcyon): A test of the prey abundance-availability assumption

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 693-697

  Kelly, Jeffrey F ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BELTED KINGFISHER; CRAYFISH; PREY USE;

ALCEDINIDAE; CATOSTOMUS COMMERSONI; CERYLE ALCYON; ORCONECTES; PIMEPHALES PROMELAS;

EID: 0029775961     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z96-078     Document Type: Article

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