| 000 | 00000cam 2200000za 4500 |
| 001 | 9.856111 |
| 003 | CaOODSP |
| 005 | 20241203113642 |
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| 008 | 180503s1995 onca|||#o f00| 0 eng d |
| 040 | |aCaOODSP|beng |
| 041 | |aeng|bfre |
| 043 | |an-cn-bc |
| 086 | 1 |aCW69-1/86E-PDF |
| 100 | 1 |aButler, Robert William. |
| 245 | 14|aThe patient predator |h[electronic resource] : |bforaging and population ecology of the great blue heron Ardea herodias in British Columbia / |cRobert W. Butler. |
| 260 | |aOttawa : |bCanadian Wildlife Service, |cc1995. |
| 300 | |a44 p. : |bill. |
| 490 | 1 |aOccasional paper ; |vno. 86 |
| 500 | |aDigitized edition from print [produced by Environment and Climate Change Canada]. |
| 504 | |aIncludes bibliographical references. |
| 520 | 3 |a"This report presents the results of a six-year study (1986-91, including five breeding seasons and four winters) of the diet, food availability, foraging behaviour, use of habitats by age-classes and sex-classes, spacing of breeding colonies, and survival of the Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias on the Pacific coast of British Columbia. The general thesis of this study is that the availability of food energy largely dictates when herons use foraging habitats, the time of year that they breed, and which individuals survive"--Abstract. |
| 530 | |aIssued also in print format. |
| 546 | |aIncludes abstract in French. |
| 692 | 07|2gccst|aAquatic birds |
| 692 | 07|2gccst|aEcology |
| 693 | 4|aHerons |
| 710 | 1 |aCanada. |bEnvironment Canada. |
| 710 | 2 |aCanadian Wildlife Service. |
| 776 | 0#|tThe patient predator : |w(CaOODSP)9.611945 |
| 830 | #0|aOccasional paper (Canadian Wildlife Service)|vno. 86|w(CaOODSP)9.504780 |
| 856 | 40|qPDF|s4.12 MB|uhttps://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2018/eccc/CW69-1-86-eng.pdf |