Abdim's stork Ciconia abdimii exploitation of senegalese grasshopper Oedaleus senegalensis in South-eastern Niger

Waterbirds

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 159-168

  Petersen, Bo Svenning ^a   Christensen, Kim Diget ^a   Falk, Knud ^a   Jensen, Flemming Pagh ^a   Ouambama, Zakaria ^b  

^a ORBICON   (Denmark)

^b Agrhymet Regional Centre   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Abdim's Stork; Ciconia abdimii; Food consumption; Foraging ecology; Grasshoppers; Niger; Oedaleus senegalensis; Population density; Sahel; Strategy

Indexed keywords

BREEDING POPULATION; FOOD CONSUMPTION; FOOD SUPPLY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; JUVENILE; POPULATION DENSITY; TAXONOMY; WADER;

AFRICA; NIGER [NIGERIA]; NIGERIA; SAHEL [SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA]; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

AVES; CICONIA ABDIMII; CICONIIDAE; OEDALEUS; OEDALEUS SENEGALENSIS;

EID: 58049108150     PISSN: 15244695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1675/1524-4695(2008)31[159:ASCAEO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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