Foraging behavior of green-winged teal and mallards on tidal mudflats in Louisiana

Wetlands

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 184-188

  Johnson, William P ^a,b   Rohwer, Frank C ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

Anas spp; Foraging behavior; Green winged teal; Louisiana; Mallards; Mudflats; Tide; Water depth; Wintering waterfowl

Indexed keywords

FORAGING BEHAVIOR; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION; TIDAL FLAT; WATERFOWL;

ATCHAFALAYA RIVER DELTA; LOUISIANA; UNITED STATES;

ANAS; ANAS CRECCA; ANAS CRECCA CAROLINENSIS; ANAS PLATYRHYNCHOS; ANATIDAE; ANSER; ANSERIFORMES; CAROLINENSIS; PLATYRHYNCHOS;

EID: 0034092498     PISSN: 02775212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1672/0277-5212(2000)020[0184:FBOGWT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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