Roach rules: Shoaling fish are a constant factor in the diet of Cormorants Phalacrocorax carbo in Switzerland

Ardea

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 9-27

  Suter, Werner ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cormorant; Otoliths; Pellet analysis; Phalacrocorax carbo; Piscivorous birds; Rutilus rutilus; Shoaling fish

Indexed keywords

CORMORANT; DIET; FISH;

SWITZERLAND;

COREGONUS; CYPRINIDAE; PERCA FLUVIATILIS; PHALACROCORAX CARBO; RUTILUS RUTILUS; SALMO TRUTTA; THYMALLUS THYMALLUS; TINCA TINCA;

EID: 0030870452     PISSN: 03732266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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