Not all Oystercatchers Haematopus ostralegus select the most profitable Common Cockles Cerastoderma edule: A difference between feeding methods

Ardea

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 137-153

  Johnstone, I ^a   Norris, K ^a  

^a RSPB CENTRE FOR CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Feeding method; Haematopus ostralegus; Optimal diet

Indexed keywords

FEEDING BEHAVIOR; OPTIMUM FORAGING THEORY; PREY SELECTION; WADER;

CERASTODERMA EDULE; HAEMATOPUS OSTRALEGUS;

EID: 0033721547     PISSN: 03732266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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