Revue d Écologie (La Terre et La Vie) · 1987 · 11 citations · 11 references
Life SciencesEcologyZoologyInsect EcologyInvertebrate ZoologyTrophic EcologyAnimal EcologyFeeding EcologyForaging EcologyMacroecologySalt Marsh EcologyZooplankton EcologyCladoceran EcologyCrustacean Feeding BiologyFloodingMarsh EcologyMolluscan Feeding BiologySeasonal Feeding BehaviorSeasonal Foraging BehaviorZooplankton Feeding Ecology
Food habits, behaviour and nocturnal feeding areas of Shoveler wintering in the Camargue (Rhône delta, France) are documented from mid-summer to late winter. The diet is mainly composed of animal prey (81 % by weight), especially zooplankton. Food items are taken providing prey size is greater than 1 mm. The quality of ingested prey varies according to availability following artificial marsh flooding, rainfall, changes in water levels and the occurence of submerged vegetation. Cladocera (Daphnia magna) and insects (Sigara sp.) are predominant food items in late summer, Ostracoda and molluscs (Physa acuta)
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The role of nutrient reserves in mallard reproduction
Gary L. Krapu · Lincoln (University of Nebraska) · 1981 · 350 citations · Full text
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