The foraging behavior of semipalmated sandpipers in the upper Bay of Fundy: Stereotyped or prey-sensitive?

Condor

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 206-210

  Wilson Jr , W Herbert ^a   Vogel, Erin R ^a  

^a Health Services and Department of Biology   (United States)

Author keywords

Bay of Fundy; Calidris pusilla; Corophium volutator; foraging behavior; migration; Semipalmated Sandpiper; stop over area

Indexed keywords

CALIDRIS PUSILLA; COROPHIUM VOLUTATOR; SCOLOPACIDAE;

EID: 0343852789     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1370240     Document Type: Article

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