Dynamic habitat selection by two wading bird species with divergent foraging strategies in a seasonally fluctuating wetland

Auk

Volumn 128, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 651-662

  Beerens, James M ^a,b   Gawlik, Dale E ^a   Herring, Garth ^a,c   Cook, Mark I ^b  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EVERGLADES DIVISION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ardea alba; Eudocimus albus; Florida everglades; Foraging strategies; Habitat selection; Prey availability; Resource selection functions; Water management

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; BIRD; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT SELECTION; NUMERICAL MODEL; POPULATION DECLINE; PREY AVAILABILITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; WETLAND;

ARDEA ALBA; AVES; EUDOCIMUS; EUDOCIMUS ALBUS;

EID: 81855203480     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/auk.2011.10165     Document Type: Article

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