Habitat use by migrant shorebirds and invertebrate availability in a managed wetland complex / Douglas L. Helmers
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TextPublication details: Columbia, MO : University of Missouri-Columbia, 1991.Description: xv, 135 leaves : ill. ; 29 cmOnline resources: Abstract: Information on specific habitat requirements of shorebirds migrating through the Great Plains was lacking. And little quantitative information existed on invertebrate availability for shorebirds in freshwater wetlands. During 1988 and 1989 we documented the migration chronology and habitat use of shorebirds at Cheyenne Bottoms Wildlife Management Area, Kansas. We also determined if relationships existed between invertebrate availability and shorebird use, and developed a model to estimate the amount of foraging time for shorebirds to gain 1 g of body mass/day. We documented 34 species of shorebirds during the two year study. Shorebirds were present at Cheyenne Bottoms from mid-March through late October although peak migration periods occurred between early April to mid-May and mid-July to mid-September. During the spring and summer/fall, timing of migration differed among similar-sized species of the same foraging guild. Foraging habitat use difffered among species of similar size, a
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Thesis(M.S.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 1991.
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Information on specific habitat requirements of shorebirds migrating through the Great Plains was lacking. And little quantitative information existed on invertebrate availability for shorebirds in freshwater wetlands. During 1988 and 1989 we documented the migration chronology and habitat use of shorebirds at Cheyenne Bottoms Wildlife Management Area, Kansas. We also determined if relationships existed between invertebrate availability and shorebird use, and developed a model to estimate the amount of foraging time for shorebirds to gain 1 g of body mass/day. We documented 34 species of shorebirds during the two year study. Shorebirds were present at Cheyenne Bottoms from mid-March through late October although peak migration periods occurred between early April to mid-May and mid-July to mid-September. During the spring and summer/fall, timing of migration differed among similar-sized species of the same foraging guild. Foraging habitat use difffered among species of similar size, a