Sex-specific intertidal habitat use in subtropically wintering Bar-tailed Godwits

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 80, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1918-1929

  Zharikov, Yuri ^a,b   Skilleter, Gregory A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTUARIES; SAND;

INTERTIDAL HABITATS;

BIODIVERSITY;

DIET; HABITAT USE; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; WADER;

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); HALOPHILA; LIMOSA; LIMOSA LAPPONICA; MACROPHTHALMUS; MICTYRIS; MICTYRIS LONGICARPUS; SCOLOPACIDAE; ZOSTERA;

EID: 0036874926     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z02-178     Document Type: Review

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