Predicting resource partitioning and community organization of filter-feeding dabbling ducks from functional morphology

American Naturalist

Volumn 169, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 334-343

  Gurd, D Brent ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anas; Bill morphology; Centrifugal community organization; Ecomorphology; Filter feeding; Resource partitioning

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION; FILTER FEEDING; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; GAMEBIRD; NICHE PARTITIONING; PREDICTION; PREY PREFERENCE; PREY SIZE; RESOURCE USE; WATERFOWL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEAK; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DUCK; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY;

ANIMALS; BEAK; BIODIVERSITY; DUCKS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION DENSITY;

ANAS; ANAS CLYPEATA; ANAS PLATYRHYNCHOS;

EID: 33847342524     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/510924     Document Type: Article

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