Dietary Flexibility of Shorebirds in the Western Hemisphere

Canadian Field-Naturalist

Volumn 110, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 419-432

  Skagen, Susan K ^a   Oman, Heather D ^a  

^a US National Biological Service   (United States)

Author keywords

Charadriiformes; Dietary overlap; Invertebrates; Opportunistic foraging; Prey; Shorebirds

Indexed keywords

INVERTEBRATES;

EID: 0030318626     PISSN: 00083550     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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