Spatial patterns of winter diet of the Great Cormonat in coastal wetlands of Greece

Waterbirds

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 103-111

  Liordos, Vasilios ^a,b   Goutner, Vassilis ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Commercial value of prey; Great Cormorant; Greece; Phalacrocorax carbo; Winter diet variability

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; BIRD; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DIET; PREY SELECTION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; EVROS DELTA; GREECE; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

ATHERINA; ATHERINA BOYERI; AVES; CARASSIUS AURATUS; CARASSIUS AURATUS GIBELIO; LIZA AURATA; MUGILIDAE; PHALACROCORAX CARBO;

EID: 34249999463     PISSN: 15244695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1675/1524-4695(2007)030[0103:SPOWDO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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