Great Blue Heron productivity at Mason Neck National Wildlife Refuge in Northern Virginia, and the potential impacts of weather during a 13-year interval

Waterbirds

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 345-349

  Witt, Joseph W ^a,b  

^a Potomac River National Wildlife Refuge Complex   (United States)

^b National Conservation Training Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Ardea herodias; Colony; Great Blue Heron; Reproductive productivity; Virgnia

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; FLEDGING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTIVE PRODUCTIVITY; SEXUAL REPRODUCTION;

MASON NECK NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; VIRGINIA;

ARDEA HERODIAS;

EID: 33749443453     PISSN: 15244695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1675/1524-4695(2006)29[345:GBHPAM]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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