Complementary use of intertidal mudflats and adjacent salinas by foraging waders

Ardea

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 177-191

  Masero, J A ^a   Perez Hurtado, A ^a   Castro, M ^a   Arroyo, G M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CÁDIZ   (Spain)

Author keywords

Foraging; Intertidal mudflats; Preference hypothesis; Saltpans; Shorebirds; Supratidal habitats

Indexed keywords

FORAGING BEHAVIOR; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; MUDFLAT; WADER;

ARENARIA INTERPRES; CALIDRIS ALBA; CALIDRIS ALPINA; CALIDRIS CANUTUS; CALIDRIS FERRUGINAEA; CALIDRIS MINUTA; CHARADRIUS ALEXANDRINUS; CHARADRIUS HIATICULA; HAEMATOPUS OSTRALEGUS; LIMOSA LAPPONICA; LIMOSA LIMOSA; PLUVIALIS SQUATAROLA; TRINGA TOTANUS;

EID: 0033695153     PISSN: 03732266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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