Multiscale experimental analysis of aggregative responses of mobile predators to infaunal prey

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 216, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 211-227

  Cummings, V J ^a   Schneider, D C ^b   Wilkinson, M R ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aggregative response; Bivalves; Calidris canutus rogersi; Faecal droppings

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION; AGGREGATION BEHAVIOUR; BIRD; BIRDS; INFAUNA; INFAUNAL PREY; PREDATION; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION;

ADAPTATION; ANALYTIC METHOD; CONFERENCE PAPER; DENSITY; ECOLOGY; FAUNA; MOLLUSC; PREDATOR;

NEW ZEALAND, NORTH ISLAND, MANUKAU HARBOUR;

BIVALVIA; CALIFRIS CANUTUS ROGERSI; HAEMATOPUS OSTRALEGUS FINSCHI; LIMOSA LAPPONICA BAUERI; MACOMONA LILIANA;

EID: 0030921256     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-0981(97)00097-X     Document Type: Conference Paper

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