Age-Class Variation in Foraging Techniques by Brown Pelicans
- 1 August 1987
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Ornithological Applications
- Vol. 89 (3) , 525-533
- https://doi.org/10.2307/1368642
Abstract
To explore age-class variation in Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) hunting success, three behavioral aspects of foraging (dive height, dive angle, and hea...This publication has 6 references indexed in Scilit:
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