Digestive bottleneck affects foraging decisions in red knots Calidris canutus. II. Patch choice and length of working day

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 120-130

  Van Gils, Jan A ^a,b   Dekinga, Anne ^a   Spaans, Bernard ^a   Vahl, Wouter K ^a,b   Piersma, Theunis ^a,b  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Digestive constraint; Foraging; Gizzard; Patch use; Prey choice; Time constraint

Indexed keywords

DIGESTIBILITY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; PATCH USE; PREY AVAILABILITY; WADER;

AVES; BIVALVIA; CALIDRIS CANUTUS;

EID: 13844259311     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2004.00904.x     Document Type: Article

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