Foraging behaviour of cormorants Phalacrocorax carbo in pound nets in Denmark: The use of barrel nets to reduce predation

Wildlife Biology

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 129-136

  Bildsøe, Mogens ^a   Jensen, Ingvar B ^a   Vestergaard, Klaus S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cormorants; Hunting; Pound nets; Predation

Indexed keywords

AVES; MYKISS; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; ONCORHYNCUS; PHALACROCORACIDAE; PHALACROCORAX CARBO; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 0031668872     PISSN: 09096396     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2981/wlb.1998.015     Document Type: Article

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