Behavioural and energetic consequences of competition among three overwintering swan (Cygnus spp.) species

Abstract Background Winter numbers of the northwest European population of Bewick’s Swans (Cygnus columbianus bewickii) declined recently by c. 40%. During the same period, numbers of two sympatric and ecologically-similar congeners, the Mute Swan (Cygnus olor) and Whooper Swan (Cygnus cygnus) showe...

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Published in:Avian Research
Main Authors: Kevin A. Wood, Julia L. Newth, Geoff M. Hilton, Eileen C. Rees
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021
Subjects:
Avian behaviour
Energy expenditure
Ethology
Interference competition
Interspecific interactions
Time activity budgets
Zoology
QL1-991
Olor
Cygnus columbianus
Cygnus cygnus
Whooper Swan
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s40657-021-00282-5
https://doaj.org/article/273c8ef46bc64690883014220926f4bf

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