Pike predation affects breeding success and habitat selection of ducks

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 579-589

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

^a KRISTIANSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Duck; Ecological trap; Non adaptive response; Pike; Predator avoidance

Indexed keywords

ANAS; ANAS CRECCA; ANAS PLATYRHYNCHOS; ANATIDAE; AVES; BUCEPHALA CLANGULA; ESOX LUCIUS; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 79551661154     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2010.02525.x     Document Type: Article

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