Partial feeding preferences and the profitability of winter-feeding sites for brent geese

Basic and Applied Ecology

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 559-570

  Hassall, Mark ^a   Lane, Simon J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assimilation rates; Depletion; Digestibility; Food quality; Herbivore foraging strategies; Ideal free distribution; Nitrogen

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; ANSER; ANSER SP.; BRANTA; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 27744466332     PISSN: 14391791     EISSN: 16180089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.baae.2005.04.010     Document Type: Article

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