Spatial dumping of food and social dominance affect interference competition among ruddy turnstones

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 834-844

  Vahl, Wouter K ^a,b   Lok, Tamar ^a,b   Van Meer, Jaap Der ^a   Piersma, Theunis ^a,b   Weissing, Franz J ^b  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Agonistic interactions; Arenaria interpres; Density dependence; Foraging behavior; Foraging experiment; Resource defense

Indexed keywords

DENSITY DEPENDENCE; DOMINANCE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; WADER;

ANIMALIA; ARENARIA INTERPRES; AVES;

EID: 23944458838     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/ari067     Document Type: Article

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