Effects of an alien invertebrate species and wave action on prey selection by African black oystercatchers (Haematopus moquini)

Austral Ecology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 232-240

  Coleman, R A ^a,c   Hockey, P A R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Feeding behaviour; Limpet; Mussel; Rocky shore; Shorebird

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BIVALVE; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; FOOD INTAKE; GASTROPOD; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; INVASIVE SPECIES; PREDATOR; PREY AVAILABILITY; PREY SELECTION; ROCKY SHORE; TROPHIC CASCADE; WADER; WAVE ACTION;

ALGAE; AVES; HAEMATOPODIDAE; HAEMATOPUS BACHMANI; HAEMATOPUS MOQUINI; INVERTEBRATA; MYTILUS GALLOPROVINCIALIS; PATELLIDAE;

EID: 40149092630     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: 14429993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2008.01864.x     Document Type: Article

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