Diet composition and terrestrial prey selection of the Laysan teal on Laysan Island

Atoll Research Bulletin

Volumn , Issue 543, 2006, Pages 181-199

  Reynolds, Michelle H ^a   Slotterback, John W ^a,b   Walters, Jeffrey R ^c  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b Dept of Biological Sciences ^*  (United States)

^c VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIET; ENDEMIC SPECIES; HABITAT SELECTION; INSECTIVORE; PREY SELECTION; TAXONOMY; WADER;

HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; LAYSAN; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; UNITED STATES;

ALGAE; AMPHIPODA; ANAS; ANAS LAYSANENSIS; ARACHNIDA; ARTEMIA; COLEOPTERA; DIPTERA; FORMICIDAE; GASTROPODA; INVERTEBRATA; ISOPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; TORNATELLIDES;

EID: 33749652527     PISSN: 00775630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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