Diurnal and nocturnal foraging activity by black-crowned night-herons (Nycticorax nycticorax) at an artificial weir

Waterbirds

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 220-224

  Maccarone, Alan D ^a   Hamilton, Bayleigh L ^b  

^a Friends University   (United States)

^b East High School   (United States)

Author keywords

Black crowned night heron; Foraging behavior; Nocturnal; Nycticorax nycticorax

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; BREEDING SEASON; DIURNAL VARIATION; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; NOCTURNAL ACTIVITY; WADER;

ARKANSAS RIVER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84903312194     PISSN: 15244695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1675/063.037.0211     Document Type: Article

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