Mallards Feed Longer to Maintain Intake Rate under Competition on a Natural Food Distribution

Ethology

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 169-177

  van Dijk, Jacintha G B ^a,b   Duijns, Sjoerd ^a,b,c   Gyimesi, Abel ^a,d   de Boer, Willem F ^b   Nolet, Bart A ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^d Bureau Waardenburg   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRD; CONSPECIFIC; DOMINANCE; FOOD INTAKE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; VIGILANCE;

ANAS PLATYRHYNCHOS; ANIMALIA; AVES;

EID: 84855357007     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: 14390310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.2011.01994.x     Document Type: Article

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