Food and foraging activity of grey herons, Ardea cinerea, in a coastal area during the breeding season

Folia Zoologica

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 123-130

  Lekuona, Jesús M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

^b NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Arcachon Bay; Diet; Eel; Prey; Tide period

Indexed keywords

FORAGING BEHAVIOR; PISCIVORE; WADER;

FRANCE;

ARDEA CINEREA;

EID: 0032778858     PISSN: 01397893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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