Relationships between bird morphology and prey selection in two sympatric Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo subspecies during winter

Ibis

Volumn 151, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 286-298

  Fonteneau, Frederic ^a   Paillisson, Jean Marc ^a   Marion, Loïc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

Author keywords

Diet overlap; Feeding ecology; Prey size selection; Sexual dimorphism

Indexed keywords

BIRD; BODY MASS; DIETARY OVERLAP; FEEDING; FEEDING ECOLOGY; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; PREY SELECTION; PREY SIZE; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM;

AVES; PHALACROCORAX CARBO;

EID: 63049105759     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: 1474919X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2009.00909.x     Document Type: Article

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