Cost-benefit analysis of mollusc eating in a shorebird: I. Foraging and processing costs estimated by the doubly labelled water method

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 206, Issue 19, 2003, Pages 3361-3368

  Piersma, Theunis ^a,b   Dekinga, Anne ^a   Van Gils, Jan A ^a,b   Achterkamp, Bart ^b   Visser, G Henk ^b  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aviary experiment; Bivalve; Calidris canutus; Cost benefit analysis; Digestion; Doubly labelled water; Energetics; Food selection; Foraging; Prey quality

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; BODY WATER; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EATING; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; ISOTOPE LABELING; MICROCLIMATE; MOLLUSC; NETHERLANDS; OBSERVATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BIRDS; BODY WATER; EATING; ENERGY METABOLISM; ENVIRONMENT, CONTROLLED; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; ISOTOPE LABELING; MOLLUSCA; NETHERLANDS; OBSERVATION;

ANIMALIA; AVES; BIVALVIA; CALIDRIS; CALIDRIS CANUTUS; MOLLUSCA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0142103430     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.00545     Document Type: Article

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