Contrasting interference functions and foraging dispersion in two species of shorebird (Charadrii)

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 314-322

  Yates, Michael G ^a   Stillman, Richard A ^a   Goss Custard, John D ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bar tailed godwit; Competition; Limosa lapponica; Prey depression; Redshank Tringa totanus; Search path avoidance

Indexed keywords

DISPERSION; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; INTERFERENCE COMPETITION; WADER;

EID: 0034017192     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2656.2000.00394.x     Document Type: Article

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