Diurnal and nocturnal feeding strategies in common eiders

Waterbirds

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 580-586

  Ravn Merke, Flemming ^a,b   Mosbech, Anders ^b  

^a GREENLAND INSTITUTE OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Greenland)

^b NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

anti predator response; Common Eider; disturbances; diurnal feeding; nocturnal feeding; Somateria mollissima; Southwest Greenland

Indexed keywords

SOMATERIA MOLLISSIMA;

EID: 66149175732     PISSN: 15244695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1675/1524-4695-31.4.580     Document Type: Article

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