Use of fecal analysis to determine seasonal changes in the diet of wintering Harlequin Ducks at a herring spawning site

Journal of Field Ornithology

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 363-371

  Rodway, Michael S ^a   Cooke, Fred ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Diet; Fecal analysis; Harlequin Duck; Herring spawn; Histrionicus histrionicus; Seasonal change

Indexed keywords

ANAS; ANAS SP.; ANIMALIA; CLUPEA HARENGUS; CLUPEA PALLASI; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); GASTROPODA; HISTRIONICUS; HISTRIONICUS HISTRIONICUS; MOLLUSCA; PATELLIDAE; POLYCHAETA; POLYPLACOPHORA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036767653     PISSN: 02738570     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1648/0273-8570-73.4.363     Document Type: Article

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