The effect of southwestern Atlantic burrowing crabs on habitat use and foraging activity of migratory shorebirds

Estuaries

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 208-215

  Botto, Florencia ^a   Palomo, Gabriela ^a   Iribarne, Oscar ^a   Martinez, Mariano M ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE MAR DEL PLATA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUSTACEAN; ESTUARY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT USE; SHOREBIRD;

SOUTH AMERICA;

CALIDRIS FUSCICOLLIS; CHARADRIUS FALKLANDICUS; CHASMAGNATHUS GRANULATA; TRINGA FLAVIPES; TRINGA MELANOLEUCA;

EID: 0034092292     PISSN: 01608347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1352828     Document Type: Article

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