2000
DOI: 10.1139/z00-142
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Individual foraging behaviour indicates resource limitation: an experiment with mallard ducklings

Abstract: The linkage between individual behaviour and population processes has recently been emphasized. Within this framework we studied the effect of resource limitation on the behaviour of mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) ducklings in boreal lakes. One group of 12 human-imprinted ducklings (4-16 days old) were taken to 11 "rich" lakes, i.e., with a relatively high concentration of total phosphorus in the water, and the other group of 12 ducklings to 11 "poor" lakes to forage for a period of 6 h. During this, a time budg… Show more

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“…As demonstrated in previous experiments ; see also Nummi et al 2000;Sjöberg et al 2000), food abundance may limit duckling survival on lakes of this type (i.e. same region, similar nutrient status and lake size).…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 62%
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“…As demonstrated in previous experiments ; see also Nummi et al 2000;Sjöberg et al 2000), food abundance may limit duckling survival on lakes of this type (i.e. same region, similar nutrient status and lake size).…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 62%
“…For overall breeding success, though, it is final duckling production that is the most relevant aspect to study in a 'mismatch' context as driven by climate change, since, e.g. weather and food conditions are crucial for the survival of young ducklings in particular (Cox et al 1998;Gunnarsson et al 2004Gunnarsson et al , 2006Koskimies and Lahti 1964;Nummi et al 2000;Sjöberg et al 2000; see also further discussion below).…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Sargeant and Raveling 1992), our study did not show any regulatory response at high densities. It is well known that hens do not rely as much as ducklings on emerging insects as food (Krapu and Reinecke 1992;Sedinger 1992;Nummi et al 2000), and also that the availability of emerging insects is relatively weather dependent (Sjöberg and Danell 1982). This and the fact that hens are more robust than young ducklings may explain the lack of negative density dependence.…”
Section: Hen Survivalmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…They then feed primarily on invertebrates found near or on the water surface or on emergent vegetation (Chura, 1961;Pehrsson, 1979;Hill et al, 1987;Gardarsson & Einarsson, 1997;King & Wrubleski, 1998;Nummi et al, 2000), and chironomids (Diptera, Chironomidae) typically make up a large part of the diet of young ducklings (Chura, 1961;Street, 1977). Mortality during this early stage is often very high and food shortage along with harsh weather have been shown to be primary determinants of duckling survival and growth (Koskimies & Lahti, 1964;Street, 1977;Sjöberg et al, 2000;Gunnarsson et al, 2004).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%