Digestive organ size and behavior of red knots (Calidris canutus) indicate the quality of their benthic food stocks

Israel Journal of Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 53, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 329-346

  Van Gils, Jan A ^a,c   Dekinga, Anne ^a   Van Den Hout, Piet J ^a   Spaans, Bernard ^a   Piersma, Theunis ^a,b  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Calidris canutus; Digestion; Food quality; Foraging; Gizzard; Shellfish

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; DIGESTION; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; MIGRATION; WADER;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA; WADDEN SEA;

ANIMALIA; AVES; CALIDRIS CANUTUS; INVERTEBRATA; MOLLUSCA;

EID: 47049091195     PISSN: 15659801     EISSN: 22244662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1560/IJEE.53.3.329     Document Type: Article

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