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Foraging Ecology of Fall Migrating Shorebirds in the Illinois River Valley

Stafford, Joshua D.; Smith, R.V.; Yetter, A.P.; Hine, C.H.; Horath, Michelle M.

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Title
Foraging Ecology of Fall Migrating Shorebirds in the Illinois River Valley
Author(s)
  • Stafford, Joshua D.
  • Smith, R.V.
  • Yetter, A.P.
  • Hine, C.H.
  • Horath, Michelle M.
Issue Date
2008-11-13
Keyword(s)
  • Killdeer
  • Charadrius vociferus
  • Least Sandpipers
  • Calidris minutilla
  • Lesser Yellowlegs
  • Tringa flavipes
  • Pectoral Sandpiper
  • Calidris melanotos
  • Illinois River valley
  • food habits
  • body mass
  • body condition
  • INHS Division of Ecology and Conservation Science
  • INHS Section for Field Stations and Ecosystem Science
  • U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
  • Science in support of ecosystem management and conservation
  • Science in support of environmental regulation
  • Science in support of state fish, wildlife and outdoor recreational programs
  • Science in support of understanding biodiversity and organismal ecology and life histories
Abstract
As of mid-November 2008, we have: 1) removed, and preserved the ingesta of 134 shorebirds collected during fall 2008; 2) extracted habitat (core) samples from the collection site and a random site for each bird to determine food selection and availability; 3) computed size-corrected body mass (a body condition index) for collected shorebirds in 2007 and 2008, and; 4) sorted and summarized ingesta from 152 shorebirds collected in 2007. We are currently processing food availability samples from 2007 and will begin analysis of ingested food and habitat samples from 2008 collections.
Publisher
Division of Ecology and Conservation Science Section for Field Stations and Ecosystem Science
Series/Report Name or Number
  • Foraging Ecology of Fall Migrating Shorebirds in the Illinois River Valley
  • Technical Report INHS 2008 (43)
Type of Resource
text
Language
en
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http://hdl.handle.net/2142/18160
Sponsor(s)/Grant Number(s)
INHS Technical Report Prepared for U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
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This document is a product of the Illinois Natural History Survey, and has been selected and made available by the Illinois Natural History Survey and the University Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. It is intended solely for noncommercial research and educational use, and proper attribution is requested.

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