Cockle-opening by a dabbling duck, the Brown Teal

Waterbirds

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 331-334

  Moore, Suzanne J ^a   Battley, Phil F ^b  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anas chlorotis; Austrovenus stutchburyi; Brown teal; Cockle; Feeding techniques

Indexed keywords

BIVALVE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; WATERFOWL;

GREAT BARRIER ISLAND; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND;

ANAS; ANAS CHLOROTIS; ANAS SP.; ANATIDAE; ANSER; AUSTROVENUS; AUSTROVENUS STUTCHBURYI; AVES; BIVALVIA; HAEMATOPODIDAE; HAEMATOPUS; MOLLUSCA; VENERIDAE;

EID: 0345566185     PISSN: 15244695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1675/1524-4695(2003)026[0331:CBADDT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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