Feeding behavior and effect of prey availability on Sanderling Calidris alba distribution on Kujukuri Beach

Ornithological Science

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 139-146

  Nuka, Toshimitsu ^a   Miyazaki, Tatsuo ^a   Norman, Christopher P ^b   Kuwabara, Kazuyuki ^c  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^c NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM AND INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Beach; Calidris alba; Donax (Chion) semigranosus; Overwintering; Prey item

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548641603     PISSN: 13470558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2326/osj.4.139     Document Type: Article

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