Small- and large-scale effect of the SW Atlantic burrowing crab Chasmagnathus granulatus on habitat use by migratory shorebirds

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 315, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 87-101

  Iribarne, Oscar ^a,b   Bruschetti, Martín ^a   Escapa, Mauricio ^b   Bava, José ^b,c   Botto, Florencia ^b   Gutierrez, Jorge ^b   Palomo, Gabriela ^b   Delhey, Kaspar ^d   Petracci, Pablo ^c   Gagliardini, Antonio ^b,e  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE MAR DEL PLATA   (Argentina)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^c FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS NATURALES Y MUSEO   (Argentina)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

^e INSTITUTO DE ASTRONOMÍA Y FÍSICA DEL ESPACIO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Crabs; Estuaries; Habitat selection; Interaction; Migratory shorebirds; SW Atlantic

Indexed keywords

BURROWING ORGANISM; CRAB; HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT USE; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; SATELLITE IMAGERY; WADER;

ARGENTINA; BAHIA BLANCA; BRAZIL; BUENOS AIRES [ARGENTINA]; CORDOBA [ARGENTINA]; MAR CHIQUITA; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

AVES; CALIDRIS; CALIDRIS FUSCICOLLIS; CHARADRIUS; CHARADRIUS FALKLANDICUS; CHASMAGNATHUS GRANULATA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); HAEMATOPUS; HAEMATOPUS PALLIATUS; MELANOLEUCA; PLUVIALIS; PLUVIALIS SQUATAROLA; POLYCHAETA; TRINGA; TRINGA MELANOLEUCA;

EID: 19944433980     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2004.09.006     Document Type: Article

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