The diet of Bar-tailed Godwits Limosa lapponica in the Wadden Sea: Combining visual observations and faeces analyses

Ardea

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 481-494

  Scheiffarth, Gregor ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF AVIAN RESEARCH VOGELWARTE HELGOLAND   (Germany)

Author keywords

Diet composition; Limosa lapponica; Polychaetes; Reconstruction of prey size; Sex differences; Wadden Sea

Indexed keywords

DIET; PREY SELECTION; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; WADER;

WADDEN SEA;

ARENICOLA MARINA; CARCINUS MAENAS; LIMOSA LAPPONICA; MACOMA BALTHICA; NEPHTYS HOMBERGII; NEREIS DIVERSICOLOR; SCOLOPLOS ARMIGER;

EID: 0035719007     PISSN: 03732266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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