Preliminary observations of diurnal feeding patterns of Swan Geese Anser cygnoides using two different habitats at Shengjin Lake, Anhui Province, China

Wildfowl

Volumn 58, Issue , 2008, Pages 20-30

  Fox, Anthony D ^a   Hearn, Richard D ^b   Cao, Lei ^c   Pei, Hao Cong ^b   Wang, Xin ^b   Zhang, Yong ^b   Song, Tao Dou ^b   Xu, Fang Shao ^b   Barter, Mark ^d   Rees, Eileen C ^b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b WILDFOWL AND WETLANDS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^d NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anser cygnoides; Feeding ecology; Grazing; Grubbing; Phalaris arundinacaea; Shengjin Lake; Swan Goose; Vallisneria asiatica

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; BIRD; DIURNAL ACTIVITY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GRASS; GRAZING; HYDROLOGY; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; RHIZOME;

ANHUI; ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; SHENGJIN LAKE;

ANSER; ANSER CYGNOIDES; CAREX; PHALARIS; PHALARIS AQUATICA; PHALARIS ARUNDINACEA; VALLISNERIA; VALLISNERIA ASIATICA;

EID: 58149215564     PISSN: 09546324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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