A telemetry-based study of Snowy Egret (Egretta thula) nest-activity patterns, food-provisioning rates and foraging energetics

Waterbirds

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 394-401

  MacCarone, Alan D ^a   Brzorad, John N ^b   Stone, Heather M ^a  

^a Friends University   (United States)

^b LENOIR RHYNE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Egretta thula; Energetics; Food provisioning; Foraging behavior; Nest activity budget; Reproduction; Snowy Egret; Wading birds

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGGRESSION; BIOTELEMETRY; COLONY; FLIGHT; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD PROVISIONING; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NESTING BEHAVIOR; ORNITHOLOGY; RADIOTELEMETRY; WATERFOWL;

KANSAS; UNITED STATES; WICHITA;

EID: 84867797936     PISSN: 15244695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1675/063.035.0304     Document Type: Article

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