Diet, prey‐size selection and intake rates of Black‐tailed Godwits Limosa limosa feeding on mudflats

Ibis

Volumn 136, Issue 3, 1994, Pages 349-355

  MOREIRA, FRANCISCO ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLACK-TAILED GODWIT; MUDFLAT; POLYCHAETE; PREY-SIZE SELECTION;

PORTUGAL, TAGUS ESTUARY;

HYDROBIA ULVAE; LIMOSA LIMOSA; NEREIS DIVERSICOLOR; SCROBICULARIA PLANA;

EID: 0028177324     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: 1474919X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.1994.tb01106.x     Document Type: Article

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