Seasonal and annual variation in body weight, nutrient stores and mortality of Oystercatchers Haematopus ostralegus

Ardea

Volumn 84, Issue PART A, 1996, Pages 327-356

  Zwarts, Leo ^a   Hulscher, Jan B ^b   Koopman, Klaas ^c   Piersma, Theunis ^b,d   Zegers, Piet M ^a,c  

^a RIJKSWATERSTAAT   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c Netherlands Inst of Sea Research ^*  (Netherlands)

^d ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Body weight; Haematopus ostralegus; Migration; Mortality; Moult; Oystercatcher

Indexed keywords

BIRDS; BODY WEIGHT; FAT RESERVE; MORTALITY; OYSTERCATCHER; OYSTERCATCHERS; TEMPORAL VARIABILITY;

WADDEN SEA;

HAEMATOPUS OSTRALEGUS;

EID: 0030301174     PISSN: 03732266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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