Feeding behaviour of oystercatchers Haematopus ostralegus during a period of tidal manipulations

Ardea

Volumn 84, Issue PART A, 1996, Pages 509-524

  Meire, Patrick M ^a  

^a Ministry of the Flemish Community   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Compensation; Consumption deficit; Haematopus ostralegus; Maximum food intake rate; Optimal foraging; Oystercatcher; Time stress

Indexed keywords

HAEMATOPUS OSTRALEGUS;

BIRDS; FEEDING BEHAVIOUR; FOOD INTAKE; OPTIMAL FORAGING; OYSTERCATCHER; OYSTERCATCHERS; TIDAL AMPLITUDE; TIDAL MANIPULATION;

NETHERLANDS, OOSTERSCHELDE;

EID: 0030301168     PISSN: 03732266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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