Distribution of wading birds relative to vegetation and water depths in the northern Everglades of Florida, USA

Waterbirds

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 265-277

  Bancroft, G Thomas ^a   Gawlik, Dale E ^a   Rutchey, Ken ^a  

^a Wilderness Society Washington DC   (United States)

Author keywords

Everglades; Florida; Foraging distribution; Great Blue Heron; Great Egret; Hydrologie cycles; Vegetation; White Ibis; Wood Stork

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT SELECTION; PLANT COMMUNITY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; WADER; WATER LEVEL;

EVERGLADES; FLORIDA; UNITED STATES;

ARDEA; ARDEA ALBA; ARDEA HERODIAS; ARDEIDAE; AVES; CASMERODIUS ALBUS; CICONIIFORMES; EUDOCIMUS; EUDOCIMUS ALBUS; IBIS; MYCTERIA; MYCTERIA AMERICANA; SCOLOPACIDAE;

EID: 0036752959     PISSN: 07386028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1675/1524-4695(2002)025[0265:dowbrt]2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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