Why oystercatchers Haematopus Ostralegus cannot meet their daily energy requirements in a single low water period

Ardea

Volumn 84, Issue PART A, 1996, Pages 269-290

  Zwarts, Leo ^a   Ens, Bruno J ^b   Goss Custard, John D ^c   Hulscher, Jan B ^d   Kersten, Marcel ^d  

^a RIJKSWATERSTAAT   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Digestive constraint; Food consumption; Food intake rate; Haematopus ostralegus; Oystercatcher; Processing rate

Indexed keywords

HAEMATOPUS OSTRALEGUS;

BIOENERGETICS; BIRDS; ENERGY REQUIREMENT; FOOD CONSUMPTION; OYSTERCATCHER; OYSTERCATCHERS;

EID: 0030404653     PISSN: 03732266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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