Feeding behavior and modeled energetic intake of common loon (Gavia immer) adults and chicks on small lakes with and without fish

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 567, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 247-261

  Gingras, Beverly A ^a,b   Paszkowski, Cynthia A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chick behavior; Common loon; Diet; Energetic models; Foraging; Gavia immer

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; GEOLOGIC MODELS; LAKES; NUTRITION;

CHICK BEHAVIOR; COMMON LOON; ENERGETIC MODELS; FORAGING; GAVIA IMMER;

FEEDING;

BIRD; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENERGETICS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FISHERY; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; MACROINVERTEBRATE; SURVEY;

ALBERTA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

GAVIA IMMER; GAVIIDAE; HIRUDINIDA; INVERTEBRATA; PHOXINUS PHOXINUS; PISCES;

EID: 33746254115     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-006-0059-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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