Shorebird diet during spring migration stopover on Delaware Bay

Condor

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 635-644

  Tsipoura, Nellie ^a   Burger, Joanna ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Body mass; Delaware Bay; Diet; Gut sampling; Horseshoe crabs; Migration; Shorebirds

Indexed keywords

ARENARIA INTERPRES; CALIDRIS ALBA; CALIDRIS CANUTUS; CALIDRIS PUSILLA; LIMULUS POLYPHEMUS;

EID: 0032812544     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1370193     Document Type: Article

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