Landscape influence on the quality of heron and egret colony sites

Wetlands

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 257-275

  Kelly, John P ^a   Stralberg, Diana ^b   Etienne, Katie ^a   McCaustland, Mark ^a  

^a Cypress Grove Research Center   (United States)

^b PRBO CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ardeidae; Coloniality; Foraging; Habitat selection; Productivity; Reproductive success; San Francisco bay; Wetland restoration

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COLONIZATION; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; LAND COVER; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; MARSH; NESTING SUCCESS; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SITE SELECTION; WADER; WETLAND;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; SAN FRANCISCO BAY; UNITED STATES;

ARDEA ALBA; ARDEA HERODIAS; ARDEIDAE;

EID: 55949108693     PISSN: 02775212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1672/07-152.1     Document Type: Article

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