Intruder pressure explains more of the variation in territory size than fish abundance for Red-necked Grebes (Podiceps grisegena) breeding on small boreal lakes

Ornis Fennica

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 129-136

  Klatt, Paul H ^a   Paszkowski, Cynthia A ^b  

^a FERRIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREEDING POPULATION; FOOD AVAILABILITY; LAKE; POPULATION DENSITY; TERRITORIALITY; TERRITORY; WATERFOWL;

PODICEPS GRISEGENA; PODICIPEDIDAE;

EID: 29744457337     PISSN: 00305685     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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