Evidence for sexual partitioning of foraging mode in Western Sandpipers (Calidris mauri) during migration

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 82, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1035-1042

  Mathot, Kimberley J ^a   Elner, Robert W ^b  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; ECOLOGY; IMPURITIES; POPULATION STATISTICS; PROBES; SURFACE PHENOMENA;

EPIFAUNAL FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FORAGING MODE; MIGRATORY BIRDS; SURFACE-PECKING;

BIODIVERSITY;

FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; STOPOVER;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; FRASER DELTA; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

AVES; CALIDRIS; CALIDRIS MAURI; SCOLOPACIDAE;

EID: 10044228739     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/Z04-080     Document Type: Article

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