Why are there so many empty lakes? Food limits survival of mallard ducklings

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 82, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1698-1703

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

^a KRISTIANSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^c FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; LAKES;

FOOD LIMITS; MALLARD DUCKLINGS; PRECOCIAL BIRDS; REPRODUCTIVE OUTPUT;

BIODIVERSITY;

BREEDING POPULATION; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD LIMITATION; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; REPRODUCTION; SURVIVAL; WATERFOWL;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN; WORLD;

ANAS; ANAS PLATYRHYNCHOS; ANAS SP.; AVES; PLATYRHYNCHOS;

EID: 16844369152     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/Z04-153     Document Type: Article

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