Ecological and phylogenetic aspects of the spring diet of three palaearctic species of swans

Abstract The quality of swans' nutrition at spring migration stopovers is important for their successful breeding. It is of great interest to study the differences in nutrition of different swan species when sharing the same habitat. Microscopic analysis of Cygnus olor, C. cygnus, and C. columb...

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Published in:	BMC Ecology and Evolution
Main Authors:	Sergei A. Kouzov, Anna V. Kravchuk, Elena M. Koptseva, Yulia I. Gubelit, Elmira M. Zaynagutdinova, Evgeny V. Abakumov
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	BMC 2024-02-01
Subjects:	Feeding ecology Diet Fecal analysis Mute swan Bewick’s swan Whooper swan
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1186/s12862-024-02204-7