High overlap in diets of sympatric dabbling ducks - An effect of food abundance?

Annales Zoologici Fennici

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 123-130

  Nummi, P ^a   Vaananen V M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIET; FOOD AVAILABILITY; SYMPATRY; WATERFOWL;

ANAS CRECCA; ANAS PENELOPE;

EID: 0034863074     PISSN: 0003455X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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