Macrophyte-associated macroinvertebrates as an important food source for wintering waterbirds at Lake Constance

Limnology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 69-76

  Matuszak, Anja ^a   Mörtl, Martin ^b   Quillfeldt, Petra ^a,c   Bauer, Hans Günther ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^c JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Exclosure experiment; Food supply; Herbivory; Waterbird community

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIRD; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DIVING BEHAVIOR; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD SUPPLY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GRAZING; HERBIVORY; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; MACROINVERTEBRATE; SUBMERGED VEGETATION; TAXONOMY;

BODENSEE;

AVES; CHARACEAE; CHARALES; DREISSENA POLYMORPHA;

EID: 84892439374     PISSN: 14398621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10201-013-0414-z     Document Type: Article

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