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Foraging Ecology of Fall Migrating Shorebirds in the Illinois River Valley

Smith, Randolph V.; Stafford, Joshua D.; Yetter, Aaron P.; Hine, Christopher S.; Horath, Michelle M.

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Title
Foraging Ecology of Fall Migrating Shorebirds in the Illinois River Valley
Author(s)
  • Smith, Randolph V.
  • Stafford, Joshua D.
  • Yetter, Aaron P.
  • Hine, Christopher S.
  • Horath, Michelle M.
Issue Date
2009-11-13
Keyword(s)
  • Shorebird
  • migration ecology
  • diet
  • Illinois River valley
  • Killdeer
  • Charadrius vociferus
  • Least Sandpiper
  • Calidris minutilla
  • Pectoral Sandpiper
  • Calidris melanotos
  • Lesser Yellowlegs
  • Tringa flavipes
  • body mass
  • body condition
  • food habits
  • Barbara J. Pardo, Regional Joint Venture Coordinator, Upper Mississippi River & Great Lakes Region Joint Venture U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, 1 Federal Drive Fort Snelling, MN 55111
Abstract
As of mid-November 2009, we have:1) completed all field work related to this project, including collection of 286 shorebirds and extraction of 572 core samples from collection and random sites for each bird; 2) sorted and summarized ingesta from all shorebirds collected during 2007 and 2008; 3) processed 286 core samples extracted at shorebird collection sites; 4) processed approximately 100core samples extracted at random sites during 2007. We are currently processing the remaining random core samples from 2007 and 2008.
Publisher
Illinois Natural History Survey
Series/Report Name or Number
  • Foraging Ecology of Fall Migrating Shorebirds in the Illinois River Valley
  • Technical Report INHS 2009 (37)
Type of Resource
text
Language
en
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http://hdl.handle.net/2142/18196
Sponsor(s)/Grant Number(s)
INHS Technical Report Prepared for Barbara J. Pardo, Regional Joint Venture Coordinator, Upper Mississippi River & Great Lakes Region Joint Venture U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, 1 Federal Drive Fort Snelling, MN 55111
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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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