The ability of oystercatchers Haematopus ostralegus to compensate for lost feeding time: Field studies on individually marked birds

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 873-883

  Urfi, A J ^a,b   Goss Custard, J D ^a   Dit Durell, S E A L V ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

disturbance; intake rates; reaction distance

Indexed keywords

HAEMATOPUS OSTRALEGUS; AVES; HAEMATOPODIDAE; MYTILUS EDULIS;

BIRDS; DISTURBANCE; FEEDING BEHAVIOUR; FEEDING RATE; OYSTERCATCHER;

EID: 0030304917     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2404958     Document Type: Article

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