Prey of nesting ospreys on the Willamette and Columbia Rivers, Oregon and Washington

Northwest Science

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 229-236

  Johnson, Branden L ^a   Kaiser, James L ^a   Henny, Charles J ^a   Grove, Robert A ^a  

^a FOREST AND RANGELAND ECOSYSTEM SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMONITORING; CLUPEOID; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIET; FEEDING GROUND; RAPTOR; RIVER; SALMONID; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TELEOST;

COLUMBIA RIVER; NORTH AMERICA; OREGON; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES]; WILLAMETTE RIVER;

ALOSA SAPIDISSIMA; CATOSTOMUS MACROCHEILUS; ONCORHYNCHUS; PANDION; PANDION HALIAETUS; PROSOPIUM WILLIAMSONI; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 51149090823     PISSN: 0029344X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3955/0029-344X-82.3.229     Document Type: Article

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