Abstract: Little is known about the nutrient-reserve dynamics of waterfowl that breed in semiarid environments. Breeding White-faced Whistling Ducks, Dendrocygna viduata (L., 1766), were collected on the Nyl River floodplain, South Africa, during 1992Africa, during -1993Africa, during and 1995. Mass of major lipid (wet skin + visceral fat + abdominal fat) and protein (breast muscle + leg muscle + gizzard) deposits and organs of males and females were evaluated in relation to sex and reproductive stage. Both sexes arrived at breeding areas with large lipid reserves and did not store additional lipid after arrival. Stored reserves enabled females to begin laying shortly after arrival, an important adaptation to ephemeral wetlands in semiar...
Environmental stochasticity encountered during migration can have negative consequences for individu...
Ecologists and conservation biologists alike aim to understand factors determining the abundance and...
The geology and the levels of various minerals in the nutrient chain of the ecosystems of the breedi...
Many white-faced whistling ducks (Dendrocygna viduata) have responded to European colonization by ov...
Mallard (Arias platyrhynchos) populations breeding in temperate North America obtain a significant p...
Mallard (Arias platyrhynchos) populations breeding in temperate North America obtain a significant p...
Mallards (Anas platyrhynchos; n = 339) and Blue-winged Teal (A. discors; n = 213; hereafter teal) we...
Waterfowl (Anseriformes) generally have high energetic costs for reproduction because they lay large...
I analysed body mass variation and stable isotope signatures (615~, 613c) of adult female Harlequin ...
I studied variation in energetics and physiology of female Greater Scaup (Aythya marila) during arri...
Postbreeding ecology of the redhead duck (Aythya americana) was studied on Lake Winnipegosis from 19...
Graduation date: 1983Diet, nutrition, and foraging strategies of\ud canvasbacks (Aythya valisineria)...
Energy demands can be particularly high in arctic-nesting birds that face harsh, unpredictable condi...
Over 40 species of North American waterfowl use wetland habitats throughout their annual cycles. Sur...
Over 40 species of North American waterfowl use wetland habitats throughout their annual cycles. Sur...
Environmental stochasticity encountered during migration can have negative consequences for individu...
Ecologists and conservation biologists alike aim to understand factors determining the abundance and...
The geology and the levels of various minerals in the nutrient chain of the ecosystems of the breedi...
Many white-faced whistling ducks (Dendrocygna viduata) have responded to European colonization by ov...
Mallard (Arias platyrhynchos) populations breeding in temperate North America obtain a significant p...
Mallard (Arias platyrhynchos) populations breeding in temperate North America obtain a significant p...
Mallards (Anas platyrhynchos; n = 339) and Blue-winged Teal (A. discors; n = 213; hereafter teal) we...
Waterfowl (Anseriformes) generally have high energetic costs for reproduction because they lay large...
I analysed body mass variation and stable isotope signatures (615~, 613c) of adult female Harlequin ...
I studied variation in energetics and physiology of female Greater Scaup (Aythya marila) during arri...
Postbreeding ecology of the redhead duck (Aythya americana) was studied on Lake Winnipegosis from 19...
Graduation date: 1983Diet, nutrition, and foraging strategies of\ud canvasbacks (Aythya valisineria)...
Energy demands can be particularly high in arctic-nesting birds that face harsh, unpredictable condi...
Over 40 species of North American waterfowl use wetland habitats throughout their annual cycles. Sur...
Over 40 species of North American waterfowl use wetland habitats throughout their annual cycles. Sur...
Environmental stochasticity encountered during migration can have negative consequences for individu...
Ecologists and conservation biologists alike aim to understand factors determining the abundance and...
The geology and the levels of various minerals in the nutrient chain of the ecosystems of the breedi...