Foraging home ranges of Black Brant Branta bernicla nigricans during spring stopover at Humboldt Bay, California, USA

Wildfowl

Volumn 60, Issue , 2010, Pages 85-94

  Black, Jeffrey M ^a   Lee, Derek E ^a,b   Ward, David H ^c  

^a HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PRBO CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Black brant; Eelgrass; Foraging habitat; Home range; Spring staging

Indexed keywords

FORAGING BEHAVIOR; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; GRASS; HABITAT TYPE; HOME RANGE; MUDFLAT; NUTRIENT CYCLING; SANDBAR; WATER DEPTH; WATERFOWL;

CALIFORNIA; HUMBOLDT BAY; UNITED STATES;

BRANTA BERNICLA NIGRICANS; ZOSTERA MARINA;

EID: 78651278491     PISSN: 09546324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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