Do adult Little Egrets respond to disturbance at their nest by increased breeding dispersal?

Waterbirds

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 480-482

  Henry, Pierre Yves ^a,b   Bennetts, Robert E ^a,c   Kayser, Yves ^a   Hafner, Heinz ^a  

^a STATION BIOLOGIQUE DE LA TOUR DU VALAT   (France)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Breeding dispersal; Capture; Disturbance; Egretta garzetta; Little Egret

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SITE; DISPERSAL; DISTURBANCE; HANDLING STRESS; SITE FIDELITY; WADER;

ARDEIDAE; AVES; EGRETTA GARZETTA; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 13644280057     PISSN: 15244695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1675/1524-4695(2004)027[0480:DALERT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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