Behavioural and population responses to changing availability of Artemia prey by moulting black-necked grebes, Podiceps nigricollis

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 664, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 163-171

  Varo, Nico ^a   Green, Andy J ^a   Sánchez, Marta I ^a   Ramo, Cristina ^a   Gómez, Jesús ^a   Amat, Juan A ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Brine shrimps; Foraging behaviour; Grebes; Mediterranean wetlands; Waterbirds

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BIOMASS; BODY CONDITION; CRUSTACEAN; FOOD SUPPLY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; MOLT; PARTHENOGENESIS; POND; PREY AVAILABILITY; WATER TEMPERATURE; WATERFOWL;

SPAIN;

ARTEMIA; ARTEMIA PARTHENOGENETICA; AVES; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); PODICEPS NIGRICOLLIS; PODICIPEDIDAE;

EID: 79955818633     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-010-0596-x     Document Type: Article

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