The energetic importance of night foraging for waders wintering in a temperate estuary

Acta Oecologica

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 122-129

  Lourenço, Pedro M ^a,b   Silva, Andreia ^a   Santos, Carlos D ^a   Miranda, Ana C ^a   Granadeiro, José P ^a   Palmeirim, Jorge M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Energy; Mudflats; Nocturnal foraging; Preference; Supplementing; Tejo estuary

Indexed keywords

BIOENERGETICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIURNAL VARIATION; ENERGY BUDGET; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; MUDFLAT; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; WADER;

EURASIA; EUROPE; LISBOA [PORTUGAL]; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TAGUS ESTUARY;

AVES; SCOLOPACIDAE;

EID: 48549087478     PISSN: 1146609X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actao.2008.04.005     Document Type: Article

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