Aquatic prey switching and urban foraging by the White Ibis Eudocimus albus are determined by wetland hydrological conditions

Ibis

Volumn 153, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 323-335

  Dorn, Nathan J ^a   Cook, Mark I ^b   Herring, Garth ^a,c   Boyle, Robin A ^a   Nelson, Jennifer ^a   Gawlik, Dale E ^a  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EVERGLADES DIVISION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Crayfish; Diet flexibility; Fish; Prey availability; Procambarus fallax; Refuse; Roaches; Wading birds

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; COLONY; CRAYFISH; DIET; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; NESTING SUCCESS; PREY AVAILABILITY; REFUSE; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WADER; WATER DEPTH; WATER LEVEL; WETLAND;

EVERGLADES; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

ASTACOIDEA; AVES; EUDOCIMUS; EUDOCIMUS ALBUS; HEXAPODA; PROCAMBARUS FALLAX;

EID: 79952714522     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: 1474919X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2011.01101.x     Document Type: Article

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