The extent of Great Crested Grebe predation on bleak in Lake Como, Italy

Waterbirds

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 201-208

  Martinoli, Adriano ^a   Gagliardi, Alessandra ^a   Preatoni, Damiano G ^a   Di Martino, Silvia ^b   Wauters, Luc A ^a   Tosi, Guido ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

^b Laboratorio di Archeobiologia Dei Musei Civici di Como   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alburnus alburnus; Diet composition; Economic impact; Italy; Piscivorous birds; Podiceps cristatus; Wintering birds

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC IMPACT; FISHERY; FOOD INTAKE; PISCIVORY; PREDATION; SEABIRD; STOMACH CONTENT; WINTER;

ITALY; LAKE COMO; LOMBARDY;

ALBURNUS ALBURNUS; AVES; PODICEPS CRISTATUS; PODICIPEDIDAE;

EID: 0041736704     PISSN: 07386028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1675/1524-4695(2003)026[0201:teogcg]2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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