Diets of Lesser Scaup during spring migration throughout the upper-Midwest are consistent with the spring condition hypothesis

Waterbirds

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 97-106

  Anteau, Michael J ^a,b   Afton, Alan D ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphipod; Chironomid; Fattening; Food; Lipid reserves; Stopover area

Indexed keywords

AMPHIPOD; DIET; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; LIPID; POPULATION DECLINE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; STOPOVER; WADER;

AMPHIPODA; AYTHYA AFFINIS; AYTHYA MARILA; CHIRONOMIDAE; GAMMARUS; GAMMARUS LACUSTRIS; HYALELLA AZTECA;

EID: 55949137462     PISSN: 15244695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1675/1524-4695(2008)31[97:DOLSDS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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