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Canadian Science Publishing, Canadian Journal of Zoology, 2(57), p. 412-415

DOI: 10.1139/z79-048

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Quantifying interspecific variation in foraging behavior of syntopic Anas (Anatidae)

Journal article published in 1979 by John McAllister Eadie, Thomas D. Nudds, C. Davison Ankney
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Abstract

Foraging behavior of six Anas species was studied during autumn at Long Point Bay. southwestern Ontario. Data were collected using Cody's technique, but statistical analyses identified significant differences among species that could not be discerned from qualitative examination of foraging-behavior curves alone. A relationship between similarity in body size and dissimilarity of foraging behavior was observed.