A comparison of natural and restored wetlands as breeding bird habitat using a novel yolk carotenoid approach

Wetlands

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 471-482

  Newbrey, Jennifer L ^a,c   Paszkowski, Cynthia A ^c   Dumenko, Erin D ^b,c  

^a Columbus State University   (United States)

^b not available   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Agelaius phoeniceus; Carotenoids; Damselflies; Red winged blackbird; Wetland restoration; Xantocephalus xanthocephalus; Yellow headed blackbird

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ADULT; BIRD; BREEDING; CAROTENOID; CHLOROPHYLL A; DATA ACQUISITION; DIET; DROUGHT; EGG; HABITAT QUALITY; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SPECIES RICHNESS; SURVEY; WATER CHEMISTRY; WETLAND; WETLAND MANAGEMENT;

AGELAIUS; AGELAIUS PHOENICEUS; AVES; HEXAPODA; TURDUS MERULA; XANTHOCEPHALUS; XANTHOCEPHALUS XANTHOCEPHALUS; ZYGOPTERA;

EID: 84877736867     PISSN: 02775212     EISSN: 19436246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13157-013-0404-2     Document Type: Article

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