Whooping Crane (Grus americana) family consumes a diversity of aquatic vertebrates during fall migration stopover at the Platte River, Nebraska

• Main Authors: Caven, Andrew J., Koupal, Keith D, Baasch, David M., Brinley Buckley, Emma M., Malzahn, Jenna M., Forsberg, Michael David, Lundgren, Mariah
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln 2021
• Subjects: whooping crane; family; consumes; diversity; aquatic; vertebrates; fall migration; Platte River; Nebraska; Environmental Sciences; Natural Resources and Conservation; Natural Resources Management and Policy; Other Environmental Sciences; Wood Buffalo
• Online Access: https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/natrespapers/1460; https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/context/natrespapers/article/2443/viewcontent/Caven_WNAN_2021_Whooping_Crane.pdf

The Aransas-Wood Buffalo population of Whooping Cranes (Grus americana) migrates approximately 4000 km through the central Great Plains biannually, between their breeding and wintering grounds. Whooping Cranes depend on stopover sites to provide secure resting locations and the caloric resources nec...