Three-dimensional niche partitioning between two colonially nesting ardeid species in central China
Abstract Background Interspecific competition is known to be strongest between those species that are both closely related and sympatric. Egrets are colonially nesting wetland birds that often overlap and can therefore be expected to compete in roosting and nesting habitat as well as in diet. Accord...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2021-06-01
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| Series: | Avian Research |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s40657-021-00264-7 |