Foraging ecology of migrant shorebirds in saline lakes of the Southern Great Plains

Waterbirds

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 138-148

  Andrei, Adrian E ^a,b   Smith, L M ^c   Haukos, D A ^a   Surles, J G ^a   Johnson, W P ^d  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

American Avocet; Invertebrates; Least Sandpiper; Lesser Yellowlegs; Migration stopovers; Ogallala aquifer; Saline lakes; Shorebirds; Southern Great Plains; Wilson's Phalarope

Indexed keywords

BIOENERGETICS; DISCHARGE; DROUGHT; FEEDING ECOLOGY; INVERTEBRATE; MIGRATORY SPECIES; PREY AVAILABILITY; PREY SELECTION; PREY SIZE; SALINE LAKE; STOPOVER; WADER;

GREAT PLAINS; UNITED STATES;

CALIDRIS MINUTILLA; INVERTEBRATA; PHALAROPUS; PHALAROPUS TRICOLOR; RECURVIROSTRA AMERICANA; TRINGA FLAVIPES;

EID: 77749298279     PISSN: 15244695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1675/063.032.0117     Document Type: Article

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