Resource partitioning in three sympatric species of storks in Keoladeo National Park, India

Waterbirds

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 41-49

  Ishtiaq, Farah ^a   Javed, Slim ^a,b   Coulter, Malcolm C ^c   Rahmani, Asad R ^a,d  

^a ALIGARH MUSLIM UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b ENVIRONMENT AGENCY   (United Arab Emirates)

^c Hornbill House ^*  (United States)

^d BOMBAY NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY   (India)

Author keywords

Anastomus oscitans; Asian Openbill; Black necked Stork; Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus; Foraging ecology; India; Keoladeo National Park; Mycteria leucocephala; Painted Stork

Indexed keywords

HABITAT MANAGEMENT; HABITAT USE; NICHE PARTITIONING; PREY SELECTION; SNAIL; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SYMPATRY; WADER;

INDIA; KEOLADEO NATIONAL PARK; RAJASTHAN;

ANASTOMUS OSCITANS; AVES; CICONIIDAE; EPHIPPIORHYNCHUS ASIATICUS; GASTROPODA; MYCTERIA LEUCOCEPHALA; PILA;

EID: 77950286809     PISSN: 15244695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1675/063.033.0105     Document Type: Article

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