Migrant shorebird predation on benthic invertebrates along the Illinois river, Illinois

Wilson Journal of Ornithology

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 152-163

  Hamer, Gabriel L ^a,b,c   Heske, Edward J ^a,b   Brawn, Jeffrey D ^b   Brown, Patrick W ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORAGING BEHAVIOR; INVERTEBRATE; MIGRATORY SPECIES; PREDATION; WADER;

ILLINOIS RIVER; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ANNELIDA; CHIRONOMIDAE; INVERTEBRATA; OLIGOCHAETA (METAZOA);

EID: 33745827060     PISSN: 15594491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1676/05-024.1     Document Type: Article

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