Are ecomorphological associations among dabbling ducks consistent at different spatial scales?

Oikos

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 608-612

  Pöysä, Hannu ^a   Elmberg, Johan ^b   Nummi, Petri ^c   Sjöberg, Kjell ^b  

^a FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DABBLING DUCK; DUCK; ECOMORPHOLOGY; FEEDING PREFERENCE; LAMELLAE;

ANAS ACUTA; ANAS CLYPEATA; ANAS CRECCA; ANAS PENELOPE; ANAS PLATYRYNCHOS; ANAS QUERQUEDULA; ANAS STREPERA;

EID: 0030304931     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3546358     Document Type: Review

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