Central place foraging in Oystercatchers Haematopus ostralegus: Can parents that transport mussels Mytilus edulis to their young profit from size selection?

Ardea

Volumn 84, Issue PART A, 1996, Pages 311-325

  Leopold, Mardik F ^a,b   Van Elk, Jan F ^a,b,c   Van Heezik, Yolanda M ^a,b,d  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c National Wildlife Research Center ^*  (Malaysia)

^d NATIONAL WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Birds; Central place foraging; Haematopus ostralegus; Mytilus edulis; Optimal foraging; Oystercatcher; Parent offspring conflict; Waders

Indexed keywords

HAEMATOPUS OSTRALEGUS; MYTILUS EDULIS; BIVALVIA;

BIRDS; CENTRAL PLACE FORAGING; FORAGING BEHAVIOUR; MUSSEL; NESTING PARENTS; NESTLING FEEDING; OYSTERCATCHER; OYSTERCATCHERS; PREY SELECTION; PREY-SIZE SELECTION;

EID: 0030301170     PISSN: 03732266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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