Diurnal time-activity budgets of redheads (Aythya americana) wintering in seagrass beds and coastal ponds in Louisiana and Texas

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 567, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 113-128

  Michot, Thomas C ^a   Woodin, Marc C ^b   Adair, Stephen E ^c,d   Moser, E Barry ^e  

^a NATIONAL WETLANDS RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Ducks Unlimited   (United States)

^e LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aythya americana; Behavior; Birds; Ducks; Energy; Estuaries; Feeding; Fresh water; Louisiana; Redhead; Salt water; Seagrass; Texas; Time activity budgets; Winter

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; ECOLOGY; ESTUARIES; FEEDING; OCEAN HABITATS; WATER QUALITY;

AYTHYA AMERICANA; BEHAVIOR; BIRDS; DUCKS; ENERGY; FRESH WATER; LOUISIANA; REDHEAD; SEAGRASS;

BIODIVERSITY;

ACTIVITY PATTERN; BIRD; COASTAL ZONE; DIURNAL ACTIVITY; DRINKING; ESTUARY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; OVERWINTERING; POND; RESTING STAGE; SEAGRASS; WEATHER;

CHANDELEUR SOUND; LAGUNA MADRE; LOUISIANA; NORTH AMERICA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

AVES; AYTHYA AMERICANA;

EID: 33746210030     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-006-0058-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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