The effect of an experimentally created mussel bed on bird densities and food intake of the oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus

Ardea

Volumn 84, Issue PART A, 1996, Pages 493-507

  Ens, Bruno J ^a,b   Alting, Dieko ^b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Experimental mussel bed; Feeding technique; Haematopus ostralegus; Intake rate; Numerical response; Oystercatcher

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL HABITATS; BIRDS; FEEDING; FOOD INTAKE; HABITAT CREATION; HERRING GULL; MUSSEL BED; MUSSEL BEDS; OYSTERCATCHER; OYSTERCATCHERS; POPULATION DENSITY;

ASTEROIDEA; BIVALVIA; HAEMATOPUS OSTRALEGUS; LARUS ARGENTATUS; MACOMA BALTHICA; NEREIS DIVERSICOLOR; POLYCHAETA;

EID: 0030301176     PISSN: 03732266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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