Patch selection by snowy egrets

Waterbirds

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 220-224

  Master, Terry L ^a   Leiser, John K ^b   Bennett, Karen A ^c   Bretsch, Jennifer K ^a   Wolfe, Heather J ^a  

^a EAST STROUDSBURG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Northampton Community College   (United States)

^c Delaware Natural Heritage Program   (United States)

Author keywords

Egret model; Egretta thula; Foraging; Mixed species aggregation; Patch selection; Snowy Egret

Indexed keywords

FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT QUALITY; HABITAT SELECTION; PREY AVAILABILITY; WADER;

AVES; EGRETTA THULA;

EID: 23744448036     PISSN: 15244695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1675/1524-4695(2005)028[0220:PSBSE]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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