Selective foraging of Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea) in relation to density and composition of the littoral fish community in a submontane dam reservoir

Waterbirds

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 226-232

  Gwiazda, Robert ^a   Amirowicz, Antoni ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF NATURE CONSERVATION   (Poland)

Author keywords

Feeding strategy; Food composition; Foraging habitat; Prey size

Indexed keywords

FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT SELECTION; PREY SIZE; WADER;

ARDEA CINEREA; ARDEIDAE; RUTILUS RUTILUS;

EID: 33746887377     PISSN: 15244695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1675/1524-4695(2006)29[226:SFOGHA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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