Stopover strategy of adult and juvenile Red Knots Calidris c. canutus in the Puck Bay, southern Baltic

Ardea

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 97-104

  Meissner, Włodzimierz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GDA SK   (Poland)

Author keywords

Autumn migration; Knot; Southern Baltic; Stopover strategy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMPHIPOD; ENERGETICS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD QUALITY; JUVENILE; MIGRATION; STOPOVER; WADER;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; POLAND; POMORSKIE; PUCK BAY;

AVES; CALIDRIS; CALIDRIS CANUTUS; GAMMARUS; GAMMARUS SP.; HEXAPODA; HYDROBIA SP.; MOLLUSCA; NEREIS SP.;

EID: 34347359507     PISSN: 03732266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5253/078.095.0111     Document Type: Article

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