Prey and habitat influences the movement of Clapper Rails in Northern Gulf coast estuaries

Waterbirds

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 389-396

  Rush, Scott A ^a   Mordecai, Rua ^a   Woodrey, Mark S ^b,c   Cooper, Robert J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Grand Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve   (United States)

Author keywords

Core area; edge; fiddler crab; home range; parental care; tide

Indexed keywords

HABITAT TYPE; HABITAT USE; NEST SITE; PARENTAL CARE; PREY AVAILABILITY; RANGE SIZE; SEABIRD;

MISSISSIPPI; UNITED STATES;

AVES; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); OCYPODIDAE; RALLUS LONGIROSTRIS;

EID: 77957331567     PISSN: 15244695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1675/063.033.0317     Document Type: Article

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