The functional response in three species of herbivorous Anatidae: effects of sward height, body mass and bill size

• Main Authors: Durant, Daphné, Fritz, Hervé, Blais, Sandra, Duncan, Patrick
• Other Authors: Centre d'études biologiques de Chizé (CEBC), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2003
• Subjects: herbivorous Anatidae; body size; functional response; grass height; grazing; envir; manag; Hobbs; Barnacle goose; Branta leucopsis
• Online Access: https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00189523

International audience 1. The functional response, i.e. the quantity of food consumed per unit of time as a function of food availability, is a central process in foraging ecology. The application of this concept to foraging by mammalian herbivores has led to major insights into the process of resou...