Interspecific interactions and co-existence in dabbling ducks: Observations and an experiment

Oecologia

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 129-136

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

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Anas crecca; Anas platyrhynchos; Competition; Heterospecific attraction; Resource limitation

Indexed keywords

COEXISTENCE; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; MALLARD; SPECIES ASSOCIATION; TEAL;

FINLAND; SWEDEN;

ANAS CRECCA; ANAS PLATYRHYNCHOS;

EID: 0030614116     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050216     Document Type: Article

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