Influence of intraspecific competition and habitat quality on diurnal activity budgets of breeding common goldeneyes

Ecoscience

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 481-486

  Mallory, Mark L ^a   Walton, Russell A ^a,b   Mcnicol, Donald K ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b Ontario Region ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

Activity budgets; Bucephala clangula; Common goldeneye; Habitat quality; Interspecific competition

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; HABITAT QUALITY; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; RAPTOR; REPRODUCTIVE CYCLE;

CANADA; ONTARIO;

BUCEPHALA CLANGULA;

EID: 0033493343     PISSN: 11956860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11956860.1999.11682556     Document Type: Article

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