Wading bird predation at tropical aquaculture facilities in central Florida

North American Journal of Aquaculture

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 64-69

  Avery, Michael L ^a   Eiselman, David S ^a,b   Young, Mark K ^a,c   Humphrey, John S ^a   Decker, David G ^a  

^a NATIONAL WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUTORIDES STRIATUS; EGRETTA CAERULEA; EGRETTA THULA; EGRETTA TRICOLOR;

EID: 0032882652     PISSN: 15222055     EISSN: 15488454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/1548-8454(1999)061<0064:WBPATA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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