Predicting seasonal and annual fluctuations in the local exploitation of different prey by Oystercatchers Haematopus ostralegus: A ten-year study in the Wadden Sea

Ardea

Volumn 84, Issue PART A, 1996, Pages 401-440

  Zwarts, Leo ^a   Wanink, Jan H ^b   Ens, Bruno J ^c  

^a RIJKSWATERSTAAT   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Food exploitation; Food intake rate; Haematopus ostralegus; Optimal diet model; Oystercatcher; Prey switching; Wadden Sea

Indexed keywords

HAEMATOPUS OSTRALEGUS; BIVALVIA; CERASTODERMA EDULE; MACOMA BALTHICA; MYA ARENARIA; MYTILUS EDULIS; SCROBICULARIA PLANA;

ANNUAL VARIATION; BIRDS; DIET SWITCH; FOOD INTAKE; FORAGING BEHAVIOUR; INTAKE RATE; OYSTERCATCHER; OYSTERCATCHERS; PREY SELECTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL FLUCTUATIONS;

WADDEN SEA;

EID: 0030301172     PISSN: 03732266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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