Determinants of lead shot, rice, and grit ingestion in ducks and coots

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 939-947

  Mateo, R ^a   Guitart, R ^a   Green, A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bill morphology; Contamination; Coot; Duck; Ebro Delta; Grain; Grit; Lamellae; Lead shot; Spain

Indexed keywords

INGESTION RATE; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; LEAD; WATERFOWL;

CATALONIA; EBRO DELTA; SPAIN;

FULICA ATRA;

EID: 0033668993     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3803202     Document Type: Article

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