• Medientyp: E-Artikel
  • Titel: Winter Foods of Black-Bellied Whistling-Ducks in Northwestern Mexico
  • Beteiligte: Kramer, Gary W.; Euliss,, Ned H.
  • Erschienen: The Wildlife Society, 1986
  • Erschienen in: The Journal of Wildlife Management, 50 (1986) 3, Seite 413-416
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • ISSN: 0022-541X; 1937-2817
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  • Beschreibung: <p>Foods of wintering black-bellied whistling-ducks (Dendrocygna autumnalis) were studied in December 1979 and December and January 1980-81 in Sinaloa, northwestern Mexico. About 75% by weight of the foods were cereal grains, predominantly rice in 1979 and corn in 1980-81. Junglerice barnyardgrass (Echinochloa colonum) caryopses were the most important moist-soil plant food. Animal foods comprised &lt;3% of the diet.</p>