Can food specialization by individual oystercatchers Haematopus Ostralegus be explained by differences in prey specific handling efficiencies?

Ardea

Volumn 84, Issue PART A, 1996, Pages 177-198

  Wanink, Jan H ^a   Zwarts, Leo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b RIJKSWATERSTAAT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Haematopus ostralegus; Learning; Optimal foraging; Oystercatcher; Prey profitability; Scrobicularia plana random search model

Indexed keywords

HAEMATOPUS OSTRALEGUS; BIVALVIA; MYA ARENARIA; SCROBICULARIA PLANA;

BIRDS; FORAGING BEHAVIOUR; OYSTERCATCHER; OYSTERCATCHERS; PREY HANDLING; PREY PROFITABILITY; PREY SELECTION; SPECIALIZATION;

EID: 0030301179     PISSN: 03732266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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