Effects of food density on the behavior and distribution of nonbreeding American flamingosin Yucatan, Mexico

We sampled potential food items of American Flamingos (Phoenicopterus ruber ruber) in the Celestún Estuary, Yucatán, Mexico, from October 1992 to January 1993, to explore the influence of food density and distribution on flamingo behavior in relation to the ideal free distribution model. Food items were found in the substrate and vegetation and were dominated […]