Changes in Mallard Anas platyrhynchos bill morphology after 30 years of supplemental stocking

Bird Study

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 344-351

  Champagnon, Jocelyn ^a,b   Guillemain, Matthieu ^a   Elmberg, Johan ^c   Folkesson, Karin ^c   Gauthier Clerc, Michel ^a  

^a STATION BIOLOGIQUE DE LA TOUR DU VALAT   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c KRISTIANSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPTIVE BREEDING; FOOD; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; HUNTING; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; NATURAL SELECTION; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STOCKING DENSITY; WATERFOWL; WILD POPULATION;

EUROPE;

ANAS; ANAS PLATYRHYNCHOS;

EID: 77956491443     PISSN: 00063657     EISSN: 19446705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00063657.2010.486028     Document Type: Article

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