Coot benefit from feeding in close proximity to Geese

Waterbirds

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 240-244

  Randler, Christoph ^a  

^a NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anser cygnoides; Eurasian Coot; Feeding rate; Fulica atra; Mixed species flock; Peck rate; Swan Goose; Vigilance

Indexed keywords

FEEDING; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; VIGILANCE; WATERFOWL;

ANAS; ANATIDAE; ANSER; ANSER CYGNOIDES; ANSER SP.; CYGNUS; FULICA; FULICA ATRA; RALLIDAE;

EID: 2942738924     PISSN: 15244695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1675/1524-4695(2004)027[0240:CBFFIC]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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