Seasonal variation in the foraging ecology of the wood stork in the southern Llanos of Venezuela

Condor

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 671-680

  González, José A ^a,b  

^a Asociacion Amigos de Donana   (Spain)

^b Apdo ^*  (Peru)

Author keywords

Diet; Foraging ecology; Llanos of Venezuela; Mycteria americana; Seasonal variation; Wood Stork

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; CICONIIFORMES; INVERTEBRATA; MYCTERIA AMERICANA;

EID: 0342547248     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1370479     Document Type: Article

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