Spatial variation in tuber depletion by swans explained by differences in net intake rates

Ecology

Volumn 82, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1655-1667

  Nolet, Bart A ^a   Langevoord, Oscar ^a,b   Bevan, Richard M ^c   Engelaar, Kirsten R ^a,d   Klaassen, Marcel ^a   Mulder, Roef J W ^a,b   Van Dijk, S ^a,e  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bewick's Swan; Cygnus columbianus bewickii; Energy expenditure; Fennel pondweed; Giving up density; Lauwersmeer, The Netherlands; Optimal foraging; Patch use; Plant herbivore interaction; Potamogeton pectinatus; Sago pondweed; Tundra Swan

Indexed keywords

ENERGY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; RESOURCE DEPLETION; SPATIAL VARIATION; TUBER; WATERFOWL;

CYGNUS COLUMBIANUS; POTAMOGETON PECTINATUS;

EID: 0034957615     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2001)082[1655:SVITDB]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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