Weather and body condition in wintering Mallards Anas platyrhynchos

Bird Study

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 154-159

  Boos, Mathieu ^a,b   Zorn, Thierry ^a   Delacour, Gilles ^c   Robin, Jean Patrice ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHES SUBATOMIQUES   (France)

^b Applied Ecology Agency   (France)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY CONDITION; BODY MASS; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; COLD TOLERANCE; DIETARY SHIFT; FAT RESERVE; MOLLUSC; PROTEIN; SURVIVORSHIP; WATERFOWL; WEATHER;

ALSACE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; RHINE RIVER; WESTERN EUROPE;

ANAS PLATYRHYNCHOS; AVES; MOLLUSCA;

EID: 34447569221     PISSN: 00063657     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00063650709461470     Document Type: Article

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