Feeding associations between red-necked grebes Podiceps griseigena and velvet scoters Melanitta fusca in winter

Ibis

Volumn 139, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 45-50

  Byrkjedal, Ingvar ^a   EldØy, Steinar ^b   Grundetjern, Svein ^a   LØyning, Mass K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b STATOIL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MELANITTA FUSCA; PODICEPS GRISEIGENA; ECHINODERMATA; GAVIA;

FEEDING ASSOCIATION; RED-NECKED GREBE; VELVET SCOTER; WINTER;

NORWAY, JAEREN;

EID: 0030621363     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919x.1997.tb04503.x     Document Type: Article

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