Dry season habitat use by critically endangered white-shouldered ibis in northern Cambodia

H. L. Wright, D. L. Buckingham, P. M. Dolman

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Abstract

We present the first scientific study of white-shouldered ibis Pseudibis davisoni habitat preferences in dry dipterocarp forest. Foraging sites included seasonal pools, forest understorey grasslands and fallow rice fields, with terrestrial sites used more following rainfall. Habitat and anthropogenic effects in logistic models of foraging site selection were examined by multimodel inference and model averaging. White-shouldered ibis preferred pools with greater cover of short vegetation (
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)71-79
Number of pages9
JournalAnimal Conservation
Volume13
Issue number1
Early online date27 Jul 2009
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jan 2010

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