PATTERNS OF HABITAT USE BY WHOOPING CRANES DURING MIGRATION: SUMMARY FROM 1977–1999 SITE EVALUATION DATA

• Main Authors: Austin, Jane E., RICHERT, AMY L.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln 2005
• Subjects: Grus americana; habitat use; migration; whooping crane; Animal Sciences; Behavior and Ethology; Biodiversity; Ornithology; Population Biology; Terrestrial and Aquatic Ecology; Wood Buffalo
• Online Access: https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/nacwgproc/8; https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/context/nacwgproc/article/1001/viewcontent/Austin____Pattersn_of_Habitat_use.pdf

We used site evaluation data collected during 1977–1999 to examine patterns of habitat use by whooping cranes (Grus americana) during migration through the United States portion of the Wood Buffalo–Aransas flyway. We examined characteristics of 3 types of stopover habitats: 1) roost sites (n = 141 r...