Predation risk constrains the plasticity of foraging behaviour in teals, Anas crecca: a flyway-level circumannual approach

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 845-854

  Guillemain, Matthieu ^a   Arzel, Celine ^a,b,c   Legagneux, Pierre ^d   Elmberg, Johan ^b   Fritz, Herve ^d   Lepley, Michel ^e   Pin, Christophe ^e   Arnaud, Antoine ^e   Massez, Gregoire ^f  

^a OFFICE NATIONAL DE LA CHASSE ET DE LA FAUNE SAUVAGE   (France)

^b KRISTIANSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^d CNRS   (France)

^e STATION BIOLOGIQUE DE LA TOUR DU VALAT   (France)

^f Les Marais du Vigueirat ^*  (France)

Author keywords

Anas crecca; circumannual; feeding efficiency; flyway; foraging; predation risk; teal; trade off

Indexed keywords

FORAGING BEHAVIOR; FORAGING EFFICIENCY; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PREDATION RISK; SELECTION; TRADE-OFF; WATERFOWL;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN; WESTERN EUROPE;

ANAS; ANAS CRECCA; AVES;

EID: 34247855751     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2006.06.019     Document Type: Article

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