Osprey diet composition and quality in high- and low-salinity areas of lower Chesapeake Bay

Journal of Raptor Research

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 27-36

  Glass, K Andrew ^a,b   Wattis, Bryan D ^a  

^a The College of William and Mary   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chesapeake bay; Diet; Foraging ecology; Osprey; Pandion haliaetus; Population regulation; Salinity

Indexed keywords

DIET; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; PREY LOCATION; RAPTOR; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SALINITY; SPATIAL VARIATION;

CHESAPEAKE BAY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

AVES; BREVOORTIA TYRANNUS; CYNOSCION; DOROSOMATINAE; ICTALURIDAE; PANDION; PANDION HALIAETUS;

EID: 63649138260     PISSN: 08921016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3356/JRR-08-22.1     Document Type: Article

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