Effects of water level changes and wading bird abundance on the foraging behaviour of blacknecked storks Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus in Dudwa National Park, India

Journal of Biosciences

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 373-382

  Maheswaran, Gopinathan ^a,b   Rahmani, Asad R ^a,b  

^a ALIGARH MUSLIM UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b BOMBAY NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY   (India)

Author keywords

Blacknecked stork; Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus; Heteropnestus fossilis; Inter and intraspecies interactions; Interfood interval; Wading bird, water level

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AGONISTIC BEHAVIOR; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; PREY AVAILABILITY; WADER; WATER LEVEL;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIRD; EPHIPPIORHYNCHUS ASIATICUS; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; INDIA; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREDATION; WATER SUPPLY;

AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIRDS; ENVIRONMENT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FISHES; FOOD SUPPLY; INDIA; WATER;

INDIA;

ANIMALIA; AVES; CICONIA EPISCOPUS; CICONIIFORMES; EPHIPPIORHYNCHUS ASIATICUS; PLATALEA LEUCORODIA; REUTEROSCOPUS; SCOLOPACIDAE; THRESKIORNITHIDAE;

EID: 0034849647     PISSN: 02505991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02703747     Document Type: Article

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