Diets of Staging Phalaropes at Great Salt Lake, Utah

• Published in: Wildlife Society Bulletin
• Main Authors: Frank, Maureen G., Conover, Michael R.
• Other Authors: Utah Division of Wildlife Resources, Utah Agricultural Experiment Station
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2021
• Subjects: Farmington; Phalaropus lobatus
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/wsb.1157; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/wsb.1157; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full-xml/10.1002/wsb.1157

ABSTRACT Great Salt Lake, Utah, USA, is a critical staging area for Wilson's ( Phalaropus tricolor ) and red‐necked ( Phalaropus lobatus ) phalaropes. Both phalarope species depend upon abundant invertebrate prey in Great Salt Lake to fuel fall migrations, but the lake currently faces the threa...