Diet of non-breeding wildfowl Anatidae and Coot Fulica atra on the Perthois gravel pits, northeast France

Wildfowl

Volumn 57, Issue , 2007, Pages 68-97

  Mouronval, Jean Baptiste ^a   Guillemain, Matthieu ^a   Canny, Aurelien ^b   Poirier, Frederik ^c  

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

^b Champagne Ardenne Nature Environnement   (France)

^c Maison du Lac ^*  (France)

Author keywords

Coot; Diet; Ducks; France; Gravel pits; Perthois; Winter

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; DIET; GRANIVORY; SEED; WATERFOWL; WETLAND;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; WESTERN EUROPE;

ANAS; ANAS CRECCA; ANAS PLATYRHYNCHOS; ANATIDAE; ANIMALIA; AVES; AYTHYA; BRYOZOA; FULICA ATRA; INVERTEBRATA; NAJAS MARINA; POTAMOGETON PUSILLUS;

EID: 39449130808     PISSN: 09546324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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