Underwater Foraging Behavior of Canvasbacks, Lesser Scaups, and Ruddy Ducks
- 1 February 1988
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Ornithological Applications
- Vol. 90 (1) , 168-172
- https://doi.org/10.2307/1368445
Abstract
We observed the underwater behavior of captive Canvasbacks (Aythya valisineria), Lesser Scaups (A. affinis), and Ruddy Ducks (Oxyura jamaicensis) while they for...This publication has 9 references indexed in Scilit:
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