Temporal variation in feeding tactics: Exploring the role of competition and predators in wintering dabbling ducks

Wildlife Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 81-90

  Guillemain, Matthieu ^a   Fritz, Hervé ^a  

^a STATION BIOLOGIQUE DE LA TOUR DU VALAT   (France)

Author keywords

Anas sp.; Competition; Foraging; Predation; Winter

Indexed keywords

ANAS; ANAS ACUTA; ANAS CRECCA; ANAS PLATYRHYNCHOS; ANAS SP.; AVES; RAPTORES;

EID: 0036087241     PISSN: 09096396     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2981/wlb.2002.012     Document Type: Article

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