Why don’t Knots Calidris canutus feed extensively on the crustacean Artemia?

Bird Study

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 304-306

  Masero, José A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CÁDIZ   (Spain)

Author keywords

Artemia; Calidris; Hydrobia

Indexed keywords

PREY SELECTION; SALINITY; WADER;

ANOSTRACA; ARTEMIA; CALIDRIS; CALIDRIS CANUTUS; CRUSTACEA; SCOLOPACIDAE;

EID: 0036845226     PISSN: 00063657     EISSN: 19446705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00063650209461280     Document Type: Article

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