Distribution and movements of Barrow's Goldeneye Bucephala islandica young in relation to food
Barrow's Goldeneye females with broods in the Lake Mývatn district, Iceland, concentrated in a small area in the lake's outlet where the density of blackfly Simulium vittatum larvae, the principal food of the young, was highest. A downstream migration of broods took place as predicted from...
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Wiley
1988
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Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1474-919x.1988.tb00967.x https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1474-919X.1988.tb00967.x https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1474-919X.1988.tb00967.x |
Summary: | Barrow's Goldeneye females with broods in the Lake Mývatn district, Iceland, concentrated in a small area in the lake's outlet where the density of blackfly Simulium vittatum larvae, the principal food of the young, was highest. A downstream migration of broods took place as predicted from the growth pattern and emergence of blackflies in the river. |
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