Seasonal variation in the diet of Redshank Tringa totanus in the Odiel Marshes, southwest Spain: A comparison of faecal and pellet analysis

Bird Study

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 210-216

  Sánchez, Marta I ^a,b   Green, Andy J ^a   Castellanos, Eloy M ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HUELVA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIET; FECAL PELLET; SEASONAL VARIATION; WADER;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; WORLD;

ADENOSTOMA SPARSIFOLIUM; ARTEMIA; CESTODA; CHIRONOMIDAE; CHIRONOMUS SALINARIUS; COLEOPTERA; EPHYDRIDAE; INVERTEBRATA; ISOPODA; MESEMBRYANTHEMUM; MESEMBRYANTHEMUM NODIFLORUM; MOLLUSCA; PARACYMUS; POLYCHAETA; SCOLOPACIDAE; TRINGA TOTANUS;

EID: 21344463087     PISSN: 00063657     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00063650509461393     Document Type: Article

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