Consumption of benthic fauna by carnivorous birds in the Wadden Sea

Helgolander Meeresuntersuchungen

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 373-387

  Scheiffarth, G ^a,b   Nehls, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF AVIAN RESEARCH VOGELWARTE HELGOLAND   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRD COMMUNITY; FOOD CONSUMPTION; PREY CONSUMPTION; TIDAL FLAT; ZOOBENTHOS;

DENMARK, ROMO; GERMANY, SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN, SYLT; WADDEN SEA;

EID: 0031448024     PISSN: 01743597     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02908721     Document Type: Article

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