Feeding behaviour of Trumpeter Swans Cygnus buccinator

Wildfowl

Volumn 48, Issue , 1997, Pages 6-15

  Grant, Todd A ^a   Henson, Paul ^b   Cooper, James A ^c  

^a U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

^b U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Energetics; Feeding Behaviour; Trumpeter Swan

Indexed keywords

FEEDING BEHAVIOUR; INCUBATION; PRE-NESTING; TRUMPETER SWAN;

USA, ALASKA, COPPER RIVER DELTA;

CYGNUS BUCCINATOR;

EID: 0031464215     PISSN: 09546324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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