Prey availability and selective foraging in shorebirds

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1659-1667

  Backwell, Patricia R Y ^a   O'Hara, Patrick D ^a   Christy, John H ^b  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; ANTI-PREDATOR BEHAVIOUR; FORAGING BEHAVIOUR; PREY AVAILABILITY; PREY SELECTIVITY; SHOREBIRD;

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); OCYPODIDAE;

EID: 0032104392     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1997.0713     Document Type: Article

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