Sacred Ibis and Gray Heron predation of Cape Cormorant eggs and chicks; and a review of ciconiiform birds as seabirds predators

Waterbirds

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 321-327

  Williams, Anthony J ^a   Ward, V L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Ardea cinerea; Ciconiiform predation; Penguin Island; Phalacrocorax capensis; Threskiornis aethiopicus

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SEASON; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; MORTALITY; PREDATION; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SEABIRD;

AFRICA; LAMBERTS BAY; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WESTERN CAPE;

ARDEA CINEREA; ARDEIDAE; AVES; CICONIIFORMES; IBIS; LARIDAE; LARUS; PHALACROCORACIDAE; PHALACROCORAX CAPENSIS; SPHENISCIDAE; THRESKIORNIS AETHIOPICUS; THRESKIORNITHIDAE;

EID: 33749445684     PISSN: 15244695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1675/1524-4695(2006)29[321:SIAGHP]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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