Abundance and frequency of occurrence of prey-fish in the diet of cormorants phalacrocorax carbo in the Po river delta (northern Italy) during the wintering period

Polish Journal of Ecology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 191-196

  Boldreghini, Paolo ^a   Santolini, Riccardo ^c   Pandolfi, Massimo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF URBINO   (Italy)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Cormorant; Diet composition; Dominant prey; Northern Italy; Pellet analysis; Wintering

Indexed keywords

EID: 12344338615     PISSN: 15052249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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