Larger barnacle geese (Branta leucopsis) are more efficient feeders: A possible mechanism for observed body size-fitness relationships

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 265, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 37-42

  Cope, D R ^a,b,c   Loonen, M J J E ^d   Rowcliffe, J M ^b   Pettifor, R A ^b  

^a SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c WILDFOWL AND WETLANDS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Barnacle geese; Branta leucopsis; Foraging efficiency; Grazing; Intake rate; Morphology; Peck rate; Scaling

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; FITNESS; FOOD INTAKE; FORAGING EFFICIENCY; WATERFOWL;

ANSER; ANSER SP.; BRANTA; BRANTA LEUCOPSIS; THORACICA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 12244277018     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952836904006028     Document Type: Article

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