The Foraging Window for Greater White-Fronted Geese (Anser albifrons) Is Consistent with the Growth Stage of Carex
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Foraging Behavior | Pearson Correlation between Plant Characteristics (r) | |
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Water Content | Plant Height | |
Pecking rate | 0.492 | 0.626 |
Foraging behavior time budget | 0.622 | 0.670 |
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Zhong, Y.; Cheng, L.; Fan, Y.; Zhou, L.; Song, Y. The Foraging Window for Greater White-Fronted Geese (Anser albifrons) Is Consistent with the Growth Stage of Carex. Diversity 2022, 14, 943. https://doi.org/10.3390/d14110943
Zhong Y, Cheng L, Fan Y, Zhou L, Song Y. The Foraging Window for Greater White-Fronted Geese (Anser albifrons) Is Consistent with the Growth Stage of Carex. Diversity. 2022; 14(11):943. https://doi.org/10.3390/d14110943
Chicago/Turabian StyleZhong, Yundong, Lei Cheng, Yanguang Fan, Lizhi Zhou, and Yunwei Song. 2022. "The Foraging Window for Greater White-Fronted Geese (Anser albifrons) Is Consistent with the Growth Stage of Carex" Diversity 14, no. 11: 943. https://doi.org/10.3390/d14110943