Spatial and temporal fluctuations in presence and use of chironomid prey by shorebirds in the Odiel saltpans, south-west Spain

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 567, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 329-340

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

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HUELVA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Chironomus salinarius; Foraging habitat; Odiel marshes; Salinity; Saltpans; Shorebirds

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; ESTUARIES; SALINE WATER;

CHIRONOMUS SALINARIUS; FORAGING HABITAT; ODIEL MARSHES; SALTPANS; SHOREBIRDS;

BIODIVERSITY;

ABUNDANCE; BENTHOS; FLY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; LARVA; MIGRATION; POND; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PREY AVAILABILITY; ROOSTING; SALINITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WADER;

ANDALUCIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; HUELVA [ANDALUCIA]; ODIEL RIVER; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

AVES; CHIRONOMIDAE; CHIRONOMUS SALINARIUS;

EID: 33746209193     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-006-0060-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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