Trophic relations of the red-necked grebe on lakes in the western boreal forest: A stable-isotope analysis

Condor

Volumn 106, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 638-651

  Paszkowski, Cynthia A ^a   Gingras, Beverly A ^b   Wilcox, Kayedon ^c   Klatt, Paul H ^d   Tonn, William M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c Alberta Sustainable Resource Development   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Diet; Egg; Food web; Isotope ratios; Podiceps grisegena; Red necked Grebe; Stable carbon; Stable nitrogen isotope ratios

Indexed keywords

AVES; GALLUS GALLUS; PISCES; PODICEPS; PODICEPS GRISEGENA; PODICIPEDIDAE;

EID: 4043114764     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1650/7440     Document Type: Article

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