Estimation of crayfish abundance and size-structure in diets of white ibis chicks

Waterbirds

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 417-423

  Dorn, Nathan J ^a   Herring, Garth ^a   Gawlik, Dale E ^a  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Crayfish; Diet; Eudocimus albus; Everglades; Gastrolith; Procambarus alleni; Procambarus fallax; Rostrum; White Ibis

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COLONY; CRAYFISH; DIET; ESTIMATION METHOD; EXOSKELETON; NESTING; SIZE STRUCTURE; WADER;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ASTACOIDEA; AVES; EUDOCIMUS; EUDOCIMUS ALBUS; PROCAMBARUS ALLENI; PROCAMBARUS FALLAX;

EID: 58049219897     PISSN: 15244695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1675/1524-4695-31.3.417     Document Type: Article

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