Diet of mute swans in lower Great Lakes coastal marshes

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 726-732

  Bailey, Megan ^a,c   Petrie, Scott A ^b   Badzinski, Shannon S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b Long Point Waterfowl and Wetlands Research Fund   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aquatic plants; Competition; Cygnus olor; Food; Great Lakes; Mute swan; Waterfowl

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC PLANT; DIET; DIETARY OVERLAP; FOOD; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; WATERFOWL;

CANADA; GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO [CANADA];

ALISMATACEAE; ANATIDAE; APIUM GRAVEOLENS VAR. DULCE; AVES; CERATOPHYLLUM DEMERSUM; CHARA; CHARA VULGARIS; CYGNUS OLOR; EGERIA DENSA; ELODEA CANADENSIS; NAJAS FLEXILIS; PECTINATUS; POTAMOGETON; SAGITTARIA; STUCKENIA PECTINATUS; ZIZANIA; ZIZANIA PALUSTRIS;

EID: 42149162241     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/2007-133     Document Type: Article

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