Intersexual differences in feeding ecology in a male dominated wintering Pochard Aythya ferina population

Ardea

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-7

  Marsden, Stuart J ^a   Sullivan, Matthew S ^a  

^a MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aythya ferina; Dominance; Feeding; Intersexual differences; Manchester

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; SITE SELECTION; WATERFOWL;

UNITED KINGDOM;

AYTHYA FERINA;

EID: 0033944606     PISSN: 03732266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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