An individual behaviour-based model can predict shorebird mortality using routinely collected shellfishery data

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1090-1101

  Stillman, Richard A ^a   West, Andrew D ^a   Goss Custard, John D ^a   Caldow, Richard W G ^a   Mcgrorty, Selwyn ^a   Dit Durell Sarah, E A L V ^a   Yates, Michael G ^a   Atkinson, Philip W ^b   Clark, Nigel A ^b   Bell, Michael C ^c   Dare, Peter J ^c   Mander, Matt ^d  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b THE NUNNERY   (United Kingdom)

^c CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

^d Unit 6   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cockle Cerastoderma edule; Mussel Mytilus edulis; Optimal foraging behaviour; Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; INDIVIDUAL-BASED MODEL; INTERFERENCE COMPETITION; MORTALITY; POPULATION MODELING; SHELLFISH FISHERY; WADER;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; THE WASH; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

ANIMALIA; AVES; BIVALVIA; CARDIIDAE; CERASTODERMA; CERASTODERMA EDULE; HAEMATOPODIDAE; HAEMATOPUS; HAEMATOPUS OSTRALEGUS; MYTILIDAE; MYTILUS; MYTILUS EDULIS; SCOLOPACIDAE;

EID: 0348252282     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2003.00853.x     Document Type: Article

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