Average mass of seeds encountered by foraging dabbling ducks in western Europe

Wildlife Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 328-336

  Arzel, Céline ^a,b,c   Elmberg, Johan ^b   Guillemain, Matthieu ^a   Legagneux, Pierre ^d   Bosca, Fabrice ^a,b   Chambouleyron, Mathieu ^e   Lepley, Michel ^a   Pin, Christophe ^a   Arnaud, Antoine ^a   Schricke, Vincent ^f  

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

^b KRISTIANSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^d CNRS   (France)

^e Les Amis des Marais du Vigueirat   (France)

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

Author keywords

Core sample; Dabbling ducks; Seed mass; Waterfowl; Wetland

Indexed keywords

ANAS; ANATIDAE;

EID: 34848882851     PISSN: 09096396     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2981/0909-6396(2007)13[328:AMOSEB]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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