Prey-switching and diet of the Great Cormorant during the breeding season in the Gulf of Finland

Waterbirds

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 511-515

  Lehikoinen, Aleksi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Breeding season; Chick provisioning; Diet; Diet switching; Finland; Great Cormonant; Phalacrocorax carbo

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SEASON; DIET; FOOD PROVISIONING; PREY SELECTION; SEABIRD;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA; GULF OF FINLAND;

PERCA FLUVIATILIS; PHALACROCORACIDAE; PHALACROCORAX CARBO; RUTILUS RUTILUS; ZOARCES VIVIPARUS; ZOARCIDAE;

EID: 33646238265     PISSN: 15244695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1675/1524-4695(2005)28[511:PADOTG]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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