Black Skimmers feed when light levels are low

Waterbirds

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 556-559

  Yancey, Misty R ^a   Forys, Elizabeth A ^a  

^a ECKERD COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Black Skimmers; Florida; foraging; Rynchops niger

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONE; COLONY STRUCTURE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; LIGHT EFFECT; LINEARITY; NOCTURNAL ACTIVITY; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SEABIRD; SHORELINE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

AVES; LIBELLULIDAE; RYNCHOPS NIGER;

EID: 78651431437     PISSN: 15244695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1675/063.033.0417     Document Type: Article

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