The use of foraging habitats by wading birds seven years after the occurrence of major oil spills

Waterbirds

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 367-374

  Maccarone, Alan D ^a   Brzorad, John N ^b  

^a Friends University   (United States)

^b LENOIR RHYNE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Egrets; Foraging habitats; Ibises; Oil spills; Pollution; Population shift

Indexed keywords

ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT USE; OIL SPILL; WADER;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032293605     PISSN: 07386028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1521649     Document Type: Article

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