ASSESSING HABITAT SELECTION BY FORAGING EGRETS IN SALT MARSHES AT MULTIPLE SPATIAL SCALES

We assessed salt marsh use by foraging egrets in coastal Rhode Island, USA. Two species [great egret (Ardea alba) and snowy egret (Egretta thula)] nest in mixed-species colonies on islands in Narragansett Bay and regularly forage in adjacent salt marshes. We surveyed 13 salt marshes approximately tw...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Wetlands (Wilmington, N.C.) N.C.), 2006-06, Vol.26 (2), p.307-312
Hauptverfasser:	Trocki, Carol Lynn, Paton, Peter W. C.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Aquatic plants Ardea Availability Breeding seasons Colonies CONTENTS Ditches Egretta thula foraging Foraging habitats great egret Habitat availability Habitat selection Habitats Insect control Mosquitoes Nesting Phragmites australis resource selection Restoration salt marsh restoration Salt marshes snowy egret
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