Wintering tufted ducks Aythya fuligula diving for zebra mussels Dreissena polymorpha balance feeding costs within narrow margins of their energy budget

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 182-192

  De Leeuw, Joep J ^a,b   Van Eerden, Mennobart R ^c   Visser, G Henk ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c RIJKSWATERSTAAT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIVING BEHAVIOR; ENERGY BUDGET; FOOD CONSUMPTION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

AYTHYA FULIGULA; BIVALVIA; DREISSENA POLYMORPHA;

EID: 0032986317     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3677128     Document Type: Article

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