Regular habitat switch as an important feeding strategy of an opportunistic seabird species at the interface between land and sea

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 12-22

  Schwemmer, Philipp ^a   Garthe, Stefan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

55 N 53 30 N; 8 E 9 30 E; abundance; diet; foraging behaviour; Germany; habitat switch; Larus ridibundus; North Sea; tidal flats; Wadden Sea

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COASTAL ZONE; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FLIGHT ACTIVITY; HABITAT USE; PREY AVAILABILITY; SEABIRD; TIDAL FLAT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; NORTH SEA; WADDEN SEA;

AVES; LARUS RIDIBUNDUS;

EID: 39449117759     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2007.08.017     Document Type: Article

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