Behavioural adaption of Scaly-sided Merganser (Mergus squamatus) to habitats with different water depth: different activity profile but the same foraging energetics
Peizhong Liu 1,2, Meihan Liu 3, Dongyang Xiao 4, Ying He 1,2, Rong Fan1,2, Cai Lu 1,2, Li Wen5,6, Qing Zeng 1,2* and Guangchun Lei 1,2*
1 Centre for East Asian-Australasian Flyway Studies, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China; peizhongliu@bjfu.edu.cn (P.L.); Abbyisxyz33@bjfu.edu.cn (Y.H.); fanrong1119@bjfu.edu.cn (R.F.); cailu@bjfu.edu.cn (C.L.)
2 School of Ecology and Nature Conservation, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China
3 The college of Forestry, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China; MeihanLiu@bjfu.edu.cn (M.L.)
4 The People’s Government of Shangqing Town, Yingtan, 335004, China; ssmerganser@163.com (D.X.)
5 NSW Department of Planning, Industry and Environment, Science, Economics and Insights Division, Sydney 2150, Australia; li.wen@environment.nsw.gov.au (L.W.)
6 Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney 2109, Australia
*Correspondence: zengqing@bjfu.edu.cn (Q.Z.) and leiguangchun@bjfu.edu.cn (G.L.), School of Ecology and Nature Conservation, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China.