Resource limitation of diving ducks at Myvatn: Food limits production

Aquatic Ecology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 285-295

  Gardarsson, Arnthor ^a   Einarsson, Árni ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^b Myvatn Research Station   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Anatidae; Aythya; Breeding success; Bucephala; Density; Histrionicus; Melanitta; Waterfowl

Indexed keywords

FOOD AVAILABILITY; POPULATION DENSITY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; WATERFOWL;

ARCTIC; ICELAND; LAKE MYVATN;

ANAS; ANAS SP.; ANATIDAE; ANSER; AYTHYA; AYTHYA FULIGULA; AYTHYA MARILA; BUCEPHALA; BUCEPHALA ISLANDICA; CHIRONOMIDAE; HEXAPODA; HISTRIONICUS; HISTRIONICUS HISTRIONICUS; INSECTA; MARILA; MELANITTA; MELANITTA NIGRA; ORTHOCLADIUS; ORTHOCLADIUS CONSOBRINUS; PROCLADIUS; PSECTROCLADIUS BARBIMANUS; SIMULIIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 3042764320     PISSN: 13862588     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:AECO.0000032058.83651.2c     Document Type: Conference Paper

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