Seasonal changes in size selection and intake rate of Oystercatchers Haematopus Ostralegus feeding on the bivalves Mytilus Edulis and Cerastoderma Edule

Ardea

Volumn 84, Issue PART A, 1996, Pages 159-176

  Ens, Bruno J ^a,b   Dirksen, Sjoerd ^b   Smit, Cor J ^a   Bunskoeke, Arjo J ^a,b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cerastorderma edule; Cockle; Food intake rate; Haematopus ostralegus; Mussel; Mytilus edulis; Optimal foraging; Oystercatcher; Prey size selection

Indexed keywords

BIRDS; FOOD INTAKE; FORAGING BEHAVIOUR; INTAKE RATE; OYSTERCATCHER; OYSTERCATCHERS; PREY SELECTION; PREY-SIZE SELECTION; SEASONAL CHANGES;

BIVALVIA; CERASTODERMA EDULE; HAEMATOPUS OSTRALEGUS; MYTILUS EDULIS;

EID: 0030301167     PISSN: 03732266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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