The effects of prey availability on the numerical response of wading birds

Ecological Monographs

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 329-346

  Gawlik, Dale E ^a  

^a EVERGLADES DIVISION   (United States)

Author keywords

Everglades; Feeding experiment; Feeding strategies; Fish density; Food availability; Giving up density; Numeric response; Prey density; Vulnerability; Wading birds; Water depth; Wetland

Indexed keywords

NUMERICAL RESPONSE; POPULATION SIZE; PREY AVAILABILITY; WADER; WATER DEPTH; WETLAND;

FLORIDA; PALM BEACH COUNTY; UNITED STATES;

ARDEA ALBA; ARDEA HERODIAS; AVES; EGRETTA CAERULEA; EGRETTA THULA; EGRETTA TRICOLOR; EUDOCIMUS ALBUS; IBIS; MYCTERIA AMERICANA; NOTEMIGONUS; NOTEMIGONUS CRYSOLEUCAS; PLEGADIS FALCINELLUS; SCOLOPACIDAE;

EID: 0036707161     PISSN: 00129615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9615(2002)072[0329:TEOPAO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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