Food habits of diving ducks in the Great Lakes after the zebra mussel invasion;Hábitos alimenticios del patos zambullidores en los grandes lagos luego de la invasión de la almeja Dreissena polymorpha

Journal of Field Ornithology

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 86-99

  Custer, Christine M ^a   Custer, Thomas W ^a  

^a National Biological Service   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAS; ANAS SP.; ANSER; AYTHYA; AYTHYA AFFINIS; AYTHYA AMERICANA; AYTHYA MARILA; AYTHYA VALISINERIA; BUCEPHALA; BUCEPHALA ALBEOLA; BUCEPHALA CLANGULA; CLANGULA; DREISSENA POLYMORPHA; MARILA;

EID: 0030305573     PISSN: 02738570     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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