Food intake of oystercatchers Haematopus ostralegus by day and by night measured with an electronic nest balance

Ardea

Volumn 84, Issue PART A, 1996, Pages 57-72

  Kersten, Marcel ^a,b   Visser, Willem ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Energy requirements; Food consumption; Food intake rate; Haematopus ostrealegus; Incubation; Nest balance; Oystercatcher

Indexed keywords

BIRDS; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; FOOD CONSUMPTION; FOOD INTAKE; INCUBATION; NEST BALANCE; OYSTERCATCHER; OYSTERCATCHERS; WEIGHT GAIN;

HAEMATOPUS OSTRALEGUS;

EID: 0030301159     PISSN: 03732266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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