HABITAT SELECTION AND CON- AND HETEROSPECIFIC ASSOCIATIONS OF WINTERING WHOOPING CRANES AT WHEELER NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE, ALABAMA

• Main Authors: Cantrell, Andrew W., Wang, Yong
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln 2018
• Subjects: Alabama; co-occurrence; Grus americana; habitat; Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge; whooping crane; wintering; Animal Sciences; Behavior and Ethology; Biodiversity; Ornithology; Population Biology; Terrestrial and Aquatic Ecology; Wood Buffalo
• Online Access: https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/nacwgproc/365; https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/context/nacwgproc/article/1353/viewcontent/Cantrell_and_Wang._2018._Habitat_selection_and_con__and_heterospecific_asssociations_of_wintering_whooping_cranes_at_Wheeler_National_WIldlife_Refuge_Alabama.pdf

Winter ecology of the Eastern Migratory Population of whooping cranes (Grus americana) has received less detailed study than that of other life stages or the Aransas-Wood Buffalo Population. Increased winter use of novel sites by these cranes makes understanding the mechanisms contributing to habita...