Diurnal foraging activities of Mute Swans in Chesapeake Bay, Maryland

Waterbirds

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 121-128

  Tatu, Ketan S ^a   Anderson, James T ^a   Hindman, Larry J ^b   Seidel, George ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Chesapeake Bay; Cygnus olor; Exotic species; Feeding; Focal; Mute swans; SAV; Time activity budget

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; BIRD; COLOR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FORAGING BEHAVIOR;

CHESAPEAKE BAY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

AVES; CYGNUS OLOR;

EID: 34249978175     PISSN: 15244695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1675/1524-4695(2007)030[0121:DFAOMS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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