Unravelling feeding territoriality in the Little Blue Heron, Egretta caerulea, in Cananéia, Brazil Desvendando territorialidade alimentar na Garça-Azul, Egretta caerulea, em Cananéia, Brasil

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...

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Main Authors: E Moralez-Silva, FJL Silva, ELA Monteiro-Filho
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Internacional de Ecologia 2010-05-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Biology
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1519-69842010000200002