A trade-off between energy intake and exposure to parasites in oystercatchers feeding on a bivalve mollusc

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 266, Issue 1429, 1999, Pages 1703-1709

  Norris, Ken ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Animal dispersion; Functional response; Helminth parasites; Shorebirds

Indexed keywords

DISPERSION; FOOD INTAKE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; PARASITE INFESTATION; TRADE-OFF; WADER;

ARTICLE; BIRD; CALORIC INTAKE; ECOSYSTEM; HELMINTH; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOLLUSC; NONHUMAN; PREDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

BURRY INLET; UNITED KINGDOM; WALES(DYFED);

ANIMALIA; AVES; BIVALVIA; CERASTODERMA EDULE; HAEMATOPODIDAE; HAEMATOPUS OSTRALEGUS; MOLLUSCA; SCOLOPACIDAE; VERMES;

EID: 0033595324     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.1999.0835     Document Type: Article

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