Size selectivity in summer and winter diets of Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo): Does it reflect season-dependent difference in foraging efficiency?

Waterbirds

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 438-447

  Čech, Martin ^a,b   Čech, Pavel ^b   Kubečka, Jan ^a   Prchalová, Marie ^a   Draštík, Vladislav ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF HYDROBIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b Czech Union for Nature Conservation ^*  (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Alburnus alburnus; Diagnostic bones; Foraging efficiency; Leuciscus cephalus; Perca fluviatilis; Prey size; Regurgitated pellets; Rutilus rutilus; Slapy Reservoir; elivka Reservoir

Indexed keywords

DIET; FISH; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; PREY SIZE; SUMMER; WADER; WINTER;

CENTRAL EUROPE; CZECH REPUBLIC; EURASIA; EUROPE;

ALBURNUS ALBURNUS; LEUCISCUS CEPHALUS; PERCA FLUVIATILIS; PHALACROCORAX CARBO; RUTILUS RUTILUS;

EID: 58149159584     PISSN: 15244695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1675/1524-4695-31.3.438     Document Type: Article

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