Bewick's Swans refuelling on pondweed tubers in the Dvina Bay (White Sea) during their spring migration: First come, first served

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 574-581

  Nolet, Bart A ^a   Drent, Rudi H ^b  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRD; FOOD AVAILABILITY; MIGRATION;

DVINA BAY; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

ANSERIFORMES; AVES; CYGNUS COLUMBIANUS; FOENICULUM VULGARE; PECTINATUS; POTAMOGETON; POTAMOGETON PECTINATUS; STUCKENIA PECTINATUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032409774     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3677178     Document Type: Conference Paper

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