Flock sizes in foraging White-fronted and Bean Geese in the Elbe valley and their effects on flight distance and time budget;Truppgrossen bei weidenden Blass-und Saatgansen (Anser albifrons, A. fabalis) an der Unteren Mittelelbe und ihr Einfluss auf Fluchtdistanz und Zeitbudget

Journal fur Ornithologie

Volumn 140, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 325-334

  Spilling, Ekkehard ^a   Bergmann, Hans Heiner ^a   Meier, Monika ^a  

^a Abteilung Ethologie   (Germany)

Author keywords

Flight distance; Flock size; Foraging; Geese; Time budget

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION; FLIGHT ACTIVITY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; TIME ALLOCATION; WATERFOWL;

ELBE RIVER VALLEY; GERMANY;

ANAS; ANSER; ANSER ALBIFRONS; ANSER FABALIS; ANSER SP.; ANSERIFORMES; AVES; PHASEOLUS (ANGIOSPERM);

EID: 0033165804     PISSN: 00218375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf01651029     Document Type: Article

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