Diet and feeding habitats of camargue dabbling ducks: What has changed since the 1960s?

Waterbirds

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 555-576

  Brochet, Anne Laure ^a,b   Mouronval, Jean Baptiste ^a   Aubry, Philippe ^a   Gauthier Clerc, Michel ^b   Green, Andy J ^c   Fritz, Hervé ^d   Guillemain, Matthieu ^a  

^a OFFICE NATIONAL DE LA CHASSE ET DE LA FAUNE SAUVAGE   (France)

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

^c DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

Diet comparison; feeding habitat; habitat use; land use; Mallard; Teal

Indexed keywords

DIET; FOOD AVAILABILITY; HABITAT TYPE; HABITAT USE; HUNTING; LAND USE CHANGE; MIGRATORY POPULATION; PADDY FIELD; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; RICE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TYPOLOGY; WATERFOWL;

BOUCHES DU RHONE; CAMARGUE; EUROPE; FRANCE; PROVENCE-ALPES-COTE D'AZUR;

ANAS; ANAS PLATYRHYNCHOS; ECHINOCHLOA; ORYZA SATIVA; POTAMOGETON PUSILLUS; SCHOENOPLECTUS MARITIMUS;

EID: 84872926088     PISSN: 15244695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1675/063.035.0406     Document Type: Article

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