Recolonization of breeding waterfowl communities by the whooper swan: Vacant niches available

Ecography

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 342-348

  Pöysä, Hannu ^a   Sorjonen, Jorma ^b  

^a FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOMORPHOLOGY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; LAKE; NICHE PARTITIONING; RECOLONIZATION; WATERFOWL;

FINLAND;

ANAS; ANAS ACUTA; ANAS CLYPEATA; ANAS CRECCA; ANAS PENELOPE; ANAS PLATYRHYNCHOS; ANAS QUERQUEDULA; ANAS SP.; ANATIDAE; ANSER; ANSERIFORMES; CYGNUS CYGNUS; PENELOPE; PLATYRHYNCHOS;

EID: 0343963087     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2000.tb00290.x     Document Type: Article

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