Lack of an osmotic constraint on intake rate of the eastern curlew Numenius madagascariensis

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 299-305

  Blakey, Rachel ^a   Zharikov, Yuri ^a,b   A Skilleter, Greg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUSTACEAN; FOOD INTAKE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; OSMOSIS; PREY AVAILABILITY; WADER;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

ANIMALIA; AVES; CHARADRII; NUMENIUS MADAGASCARIENSIS;

EID: 33748750605     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: 1600048X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2006.0908-8857.03828.x     Document Type: Article

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