Diurnal behaviour of wintering Wigeon Anas penelope at Lac des Oiseaux, northeast Algeria

Wildfowl

Volumn 54, Issue , 2003, Pages 51-62

  Houhamdi, M ^a   Samraoui, B ^a  

^a BADJI MOKHTAR UNIVERSITY   (Algeria)

Author keywords

Anatidae; Conservation; Dabbling ducks; North Africa; Time budget; Wetlands; Wintering ecology

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; DIURNAL ACTIVITY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; OVERWINTERING; WATERFOWL; WETLAND;

AFRICA; ALGERIA; ANNABA [ALGERIA]; LAC DES OISEAUX; NORTH AFRICA;

ANAS; ANAS PENELOPE; ANAS SP.; ANATIDAE; ANSER; AVES; PENELOPE; SCHOENOPLECTUS MARITIMUS; SCIRPUS;

EID: 4444279914     PISSN: 09546324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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