Colonization and growth of a mixed-species heronry in South Dakota

Waterbirds

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 199-206

  Naugle, David E ^a   Johnson, Rex R ^a   Meeks, William A ^a   Higgins, Kenneth F ^a  

^a SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ardeidae; Bubulcus ibis Cattle Egret; Foraging habitat; Nest stratification; Prairie pothole region; South Dakota; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

ARDEA ALBA; ARDEIDAE; BOS TAURUS; BUBULCUS IBIS; CASMERODIUS; EGRETTA CAERULEA; EGRETTA THULA; IBIS; NYCTICORAX NYCTICORAX;

FORAGING HABITAT;

SOUTH DAKOTA;

EID: 0030318275     PISSN: 07386028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1521856     Document Type: Article

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