Physical and biological factors affecting seasonal double-crested cormorant densities on Oklahoma reservoirs

Waterbirds

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 31-40

  Simmonds Jr , Robert L ^a,b   Zale, Alexander V ^a,c   Leslie Jr , David M ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Virginia Dept Game and Inland Fish   (United States)

^c MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Double crested Cormorant; Habitat use; Migration; Oklahoma; Phalacrocorax auritus; Reservoir; Winter residency

Indexed keywords

PHALACROCORACIDAE; PHALACROCORAX AURITUS;

ABIOTIC FACTOR; BIOTIC FACTOR; DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT; HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT USE; POPULATION DENSITY; WINTERING;

USA, OKLAHOMA;

EID: 0031399145     PISSN: 07386028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1521761     Document Type: Article

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