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Abstract

Aquatic birds usually exploit unstable or fluctuating environments along their cycle and among different years. These environments also show high productivity, resource-partitioning mechanisms, as well as ecological isolation, partial ecological specialization, prey captures of different size, type and shape, at different times of the day, and in different microhabitats, are observed in these species.

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  1. Instituto Nacional de Limnología, CONICET-UNL, José Maciá 1933, 3016, Santo Tomé, Santa Fe, Argentina

    Adolfo H. Beltzer

  2. Instituto Nacional de Limnología, CONICET-UNL, José Maciá 1933, 3016, Santo Tomé, Santa Fe, Argentina

    Martin A. Quiroga

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  1. CONICET-UNL, C.C 487, 3100, Paraná, EntreRíos, Argentina

    Martín H. Iriondo

  2. CONICET-UNL, José Maciá 1933, 3016, Santo Tomé, Santa Fe, Argentina

    Juan César Paggi

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    María Julieta Parma

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Beltzer, A.H., Quiroga, M.A. (2007). Birds. In: Iriondo, M.H., Paggi, J.C., Parma, M.J. (eds) The Middle Paraná River. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-70624-3_15

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