Foraging location quality as a predictor of fidelity to a diurnal site for adult female American woodcock Scolopax minor

Wildlife Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 379-388

  Doherty, Kevin E ^a   Andersen, David E ^a   Meunier, Jed ^b   Oppelt, Eileen ^c   Lutz, R Scott ^b   Bruggink, John G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c NORTHERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

American woodcock; fidelity; foraging; habitat quality; movement; Scolopax minor

Indexed keywords

SCOLOPAX MINOR;

EID: 79551704051     PISSN: 09096396     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2981/09-100     Document Type: Article

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