Unravelling feeding territoriality in the Little Blue Heron, Egretta caerulea, in Cananéia, Brazil

Habitat use by the Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea) and discovery of feeding territoriality are discussed here. The results showed the existence of a territorial individual defending an area (2,564.46 ± 943.56 m²) close to the mangrove, and non-territorial individuals (9.17 ± 2.54) in the rest o...

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Main Authors: E Moralez-Silva, FJL Silva, ELA Monteiro-Filho
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Internacional de Ecologia
Series:Brazilian Journal of Biology
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1519-69842010000200002&lng=en&tlng=en