Daily metabolized energy consumption of oystercatchers Haematopus Ostralegus feeding on larvae of the crane fly Tipula Paludosa

Ardea

Volumn 84, Issue PART A, 1996, Pages 221-228

  Zwarts, Leo ^a   Blomert, Anne Marie ^b  

^a RIJKSWATERSTAAT   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Daily energy intake; Digestibility; Haematopus ostralegus; Leatherjacket; Oystercatcher; Tipula paludosa

Indexed keywords

HAEMATOPUS OSTRALEGUS; TIPULA PALUDOSA; DIPTERA; TIPULIDAE;

BIRDS; CRANE FLY; DIGESTIBILITY; ENERGETICS; ENERGY BUDGET; FEEDING; METABOLISM; OYSTERCATCHER; OYSTERCATCHERS;

EID: 0030301297     PISSN: 03732266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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