The response of the Grey Heron to a rapid increase of the Round Goby

Waterbirds

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 304-307

  Jakubas, Dariusz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GDA SK   (Poland)

Author keywords

Ardea cinerea; Baltic Sea; Diet; Feeding area; Grey Heron; Heronry; Neogobius melanostomus; Puck Gulf; Round Goby

Indexed keywords

DIET; FISH; INTRODUCED SPECIES; POPULATION GROWTH; WADER;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA; CENTRAL EUROPE; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; OCEANIC REGIONS; POLAND; POMORSKIE; PUCK BAY; WORLD;

ARDEA; ARDEA CINEREA; ARDEIDAE; AVES; CALLOGOBIUS ATRATUS; GALLUS GALLUS; NEOGOBIUS; NEOGOBIUS MELANOSTOMUS;

EID: 8744251449     PISSN: 15244695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1675/1524-4695(2004)027[0304:TROTGH]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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