Foraging location and site fidelity of the Double-crested Cormorant on Oneida Lake, New York

Waterbirds

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 498-510

  Coleman, Jeremy T H ^a   Richmond, Milo E ^a   Rudstam, Lars G ^b   Mattison, Peter M ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b Department of Natural Resources and the Environment   (United States)

Author keywords

Compositional analysis; Double crested Cormorant; Foraging; GIS; Kernel home range; Oneida Lake; Phalacrocorax auritus; Radio tracking; Repeated measures; Site fidelity

Indexed keywords

FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GIS; SEABIRD; SITE FIDELITY;

NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; ONEIDA LAKE; UNITED STATES;

AVES; PHALACROCORACIDAE; PHALACROCORAX AURITUS;

EID: 33646258269     PISSN: 15244695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1675/1524-4695(2005)28[498:FLASFO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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