Patterns of resource partitioning by nesting herons and ibis: How are odonata exploited?

Comptes Rendus - Biologies

Volumn 335, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 310-317

  Samraoui, Farrah ^a   Nedjah, Riad ^a   Boucheker, Abdennour ^a   Alfarhan, Ahmed H ^b   Samraoui, Boudjéma ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELMA   (Algeria)

^b KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Ardeidae; Competition; Dragonflies; Ecological niche; Predation; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; COEXISTENCE; DRAGONFLY; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; MICROHABITAT; MOBILITY; NESTLING; NICHE PARTITIONING; PREY SIZE; SYMPATRY; WADER;

ALGERIA; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; BIRD; BREEDING; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; FOOD; LARVA; MICROHABITAT; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PREDATOR; PREY; TAXONOMY; WETLAND;

ALGERIA; ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; BIRDS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DIET; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; INSECTS; LARVA; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NESTING BEHAVIOR; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SYMPATRY; WETLANDS;

ALGERIA;

AESHNIDAE; ANISOPTERA (DRAGONFLIES); ARDEIDAE; AVES; BUBULCUS; EGRETTA GARZETTA; IBIS; LIBELLULIDAE; NYCTICORAX NYCTICORAX; ODONATA; PLEGADIS; SCOLOPACIDAE; ZYGOPTERA;

EID: 84861093565     PISSN: 16310691     EISSN: 17683238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crvi.2012.03.009     Document Type: Article

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