Competition for feeding in waders: A case study in an estuary of south temperate Europe (Mondego, Portugal)

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 544, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 155-166

  Santos, Tiago Múrias ^a   Cabral, João Alexandre ^b   Lopes, Ricardo Jorge ^a   Pardal, Miguel ^c   Marques, João Carlos ^c   Goss Custard, John ^d  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGAÇÃO EM BIODIVERSIDADE E RECURSOS GENÉTICOS   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRÁS OS MONTES AND ALTO DOURO   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^d Winfrith Technology Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Competition; Feeding; Habitat loss; Portuguese estuary; Waders

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; ESTUARIES; OCEAN HABITATS; SALINE WATER;

BIRDS; HABITAT LOSS; WADERS;

FEEDING;

ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT LOSS; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; WADER;

COIMBRA [PORTUGAL]; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; MONDEGO ESTUARY; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WORLD;

AVES; SCOLOPACIDAE;

EID: 24644471481     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-005-0541-6     Document Type: Article

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