Non-linear feeding functional responses in the Greater Flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus) predict immediate negative impact of wetland degradation on this flagship species

Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1413-1425

  Deville, Anne Sophie ^a,b   Grémillet, David ^b,c   Gauthier Clerc, Michel ^a,d   Guillemain, Matthieu ^a   Von Houwald, Friederike ^e   Gardelli, Bruno ^e   Béchet, Arnaud ^a  

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

^b CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^d University of Franche Comté   (France)

^e Zoo Basel   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Artemia spp; Attack rate; Conservation; Filter feeder; Food intake rate; Handling time; Salt pans

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886261567     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20457758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.554     Document Type: Article

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