Shorebirds of the Bragantinian Peninsula II. Diet and foraging strategies of shorebirds at a tropical site in northern Brazil

Ornitologia Neotropical

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 549-562

  Kober, Kerstin ^a   Bairlein, Franz ^b  

^a LEIBNIZ CENTRE FOR TROPICAL MARINE RESEARCH ZMT   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF AVIAN RESEARCH VOGELWARTE HELGOLAND   (Germany)

Author keywords

Diet; Feeding strategy; Foraging ecology; Opportunism; Shorebirds; Tropical habitat

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846428454     PISSN: 10754377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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