Food and niche overlap of the Scarlet Ibis and the Yellow-crowned Night Heron in a tropical mangrove swamp

Waterbirds

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-8

  Martínez, Carlos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Crabs; Diet; Eudocimus ruber; Foraging habitats; Mangrove swamps; Niche overlap; Nyctanassa violacea; Scarlet ibis; Yellow crowned Night Heron

Indexed keywords

DIET; HABITAT USE; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; MANGROVE; NICHE OVERLAP; WADER;

BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

AVES; CICONIIFORMES; DECAPODA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); EUDOCIMUS RUBER; GECARCINIDAE; IBIS; NYCTANASSA VIOLACEA; NYCTICORAX; OCYPODIDAE; RHIZOPHORACEAE; SCOLOPACIDAE; UCA; UCIDES CORDATUS;

EID: 1842766165     PISSN: 15244695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1675/1524-4695(2004)027[0001:FANOOT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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