Reflections of a specialist: Patterns in food provisioning and foraging conditions in Sandwich Terns Sterna sandvicensis

Ardea

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 33-49

  Stienen, Eric W M ^a,b   Van Beers, Peter W M ^a   Brenninkmeijer, Alex ^a   Habraken, John M P M ^a   Raaijmakers, Maaike H J E ^a   Van Tienen, Piet G M ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Diet; Diurnal rhythms; Feeding ecology; North Sea; Prey availability; Sterna sandvicensis; Tidal rhythms; Wadden Sea; Wind

Indexed keywords

FOOD PROVISIONING; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; PREY SIZE; SEABIRD; SPECIALIST;

NETHERLANDS;

LARUS RIDIBUNDUS; STERNA SANDVICENSIS;

EID: 0033920363     PISSN: 03732266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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