The Feeding of Kingfishers: Food of Nestlings and Effect of Water Height

Nestlings on the Margaree river, Nova Scotia, are fed young salmon and trout only, whose average size increases with that of the bird, indicating selection by the parents. The proportion of trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) to young salmon (Salmo salar) in the food of the adults varies directly with the...

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Published in:Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada
Main Author: White, H. C.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1938
Subjects:
General Medicine
Salmo salar
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/f38-004
http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/f38-004
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spelling crcansciencepubl:10.1139/f38-004 2023-12-17T10:49:24+01:00 The Feeding of Kingfishers: Food of Nestlings and Effect of Water Height White, H. C. 1938 http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/f38-004 http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/f38-004 en eng Canadian Science Publishing http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/page/about/CorporateTextAndDataMining Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada volume 4a, issue 1, page 48-52 ISSN 0015-296X General Medicine journal-article 1938 crcansciencepubl https://doi.org/10.1139/f38-004 2023-11-19T13:38:36Z Nestlings on the Margaree river, Nova Scotia, are fed young salmon and trout only, whose average size increases with that of the bird, indicating selection by the parents. The proportion of trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) to young salmon (Salmo salar) in the food of the adults varies directly with the height of the water. Article in Journal/Newspaper Salmo salar Canadian Science Publishing (via Crossref) Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada 4a 1 48 52
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