Presence of fish affects lake use and breeding success in ducks

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 641, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 215-223

  Elmberg, Johan ^a   Dessborn, Lisa ^a,b   Englund, Göran ^c  

^a KRISTIANSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Competition; Goldeneye; Mallard; Perch; Pike; Predation; Teal

Indexed keywords

COVARIATES; ENVIRONMENTAL VARIABLES; FISH PREDATION; GENERALIZED LINEAR MODEL; LAKE AREAS; PERCA FLUVIATILIS; SPECIES RICHNESS; SURFACE FEEDING; TOTAL PHOSPHORUS; WATERBIRDS;

COMPETITION; FEEDING; FISH; LAKES; PHOSPHORUS;

MEATS;

ABUNDANCE; BROOD REARING; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); LAKE ECOSYSTEM; MACROINVERTEBRATE; PERCID; PH; PREDATION RISK; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SPECIES RICHNESS; WATERFOWL;

ANAS; ANAS CRECCA; ANAS PLATYRHYNCHOS; AVES; AYTHYA; BUCEPHALA CLANGULA; ESOX LUCIUS; HEXAPODA; INVERTEBRATA; PERCA FLUVIATILIS;

EID: 76349103259     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-009-0085-2     Document Type: Article

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