Predation of waders and gulls on Lanice conchilega tidal flats in the Wadden Sea

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 178, Issue , 1999, Pages 229-240

  Petersen, Barbara ^a   Klaus Michael, Exo ^b  

^a Inst Vogelforschung 'Vogelwarte H ^*  (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF AVIAN RESEARCH VOGELWARTE HELGOLAND   (Germany)

Author keywords

Charadriiformes; Feeding ecology; Food consumption; Macrozoobenthos; Phenology

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOMASS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; PREDATION; SEABIRD; WADER;

WADDEN SEA;

ADENOSTOMA SPARSIFOLIUM; ANAS; ANATIDAE; ANSER; AVES; CALIDRIS ALPINA; CHARADRIIFORMES; CLUPEA HARENGUS; HAEMATOPODIDAE; HETEROMASTUS FILIFORMIS; LANICE CONCHILEGA; LARUS ARGENTATUS; LARUS RIDIBUNDUS; MACOMA BALTHICA; MYTILUS EDULIS; SCOLOPACIDAE;

EID: 0344178147     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps178229     Document Type: Article

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