Response of Mallard ducklings to variation in habitat quality: An experiment of food limitation

Ecology

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 329-335

  Sjöberg, Kjell ^a   Pöysä, Hannu ^b   Elmberg, Johan ^a   Nummi, Petri ^c  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Anas platyrhynchos; Finland; Food limitation; Habitat saturation; Mallard; Mass gain; Population limitation; Sweden

Indexed keywords

FOOD LIMITATION; HABITAT QUALITY; POPULATION DENSITY; WATERFOWL;

FINLAND;

ANAS; ANAS PLATYRHYNCHOS; ANAS SP.; ANSER; PLATYRHYNCHOS;

EID: 0343893610     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2000)081[0329:ROMDTV]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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