Foraging effort of Surf Scoters (Melanitta perspicillata) wintering in a spatially and temporally variable prey landscape

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 85, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1207-1215

  Kirk, Molly K ^a   Esler, Daniel ^a   Boyd, W Sean ^b  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; DATA ACQUISITION;

FORAGING EFFORT; ROCKY INTERTIDAL BEDS; SEASONAL PREY DEPLETION;

FISH;

FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT TYPE; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; MOLLUSC CULTURE; PREY AVAILABILITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TAGGING; WATERFOWL; WINTER;

BIVALVIA; MELANITTA PERSPICILLATA;

EID: 39849099574     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/Z07-105     Document Type: Article

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