ardeidae
2.Any of various wading birds of the family Ardeidae, having a long neck, long legs, a long pointed bill, and usually white, gray, or bluish-gray plumage.
3.Homology of eighteen Cyt b gene sequences in mtDNA region among Threskiornithidae, Ciconiidae, Phoenicopteridae, Ardeidae and Gruidae were analyzed and their BSR and genetic distances calculated.
4.The mean population size of Ardeidae in the heronries was 1 918±567,in which the mean population size of Little Egret(Egretta garzetta)、Night Heron(Nyctycoraz nyctycoraz)、Chinese Pond Heron(Ardeola bacchus) and Cattle Egret(Bubulcus ibis) was 1 721±518,99±25,87±31 and 11±9.9 respectively.
5.From 1994 to 1995, an observation was carried out on the community structure of Ardeidae birds in Taigongshan Hill, Zhejiang The community was made up of Ardeola bacchus, Nycticorax nycticorax, Egretta garzetta and Bubulcus ibis Based on the niche breadth of horizontal and vertical pattern, this paper made the community matrix and dendrogram of the birds with the methods proposed by Schoener (1968) and Cody (1974) and discussed the utilization states for space and the interspecific relationships of the community
