Variation in numbers and behaviour of waders during the tidal cycle: implications for the use of estuarine sediment flats

Acta Oecologica

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 293-300

  Granadeiro, José P ^a   Dias, Maria P ^a   Martins, Ricardo C ^a   Palmeirim, Jorge M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Birds; Estuaries; Foraging; Tide line; Use of mudflats

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BIOMASS; ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; FOOD; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; PREY AVAILABILITY; TIDAL CYCLE; TIDAL FLAT; WADER;

CALIDRIS ALPINA; LIMOSA LAPPONICA; LIMOSA LIMOSA; SCOLOPACIDAE;

EID: 33745009483     PISSN: 1146609X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actao.2005.11.008     Document Type: Article

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