Oystercatchers use colour preference to achieve longer-term optimality

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 269, Issue 1490, 2002, Pages 523-528

  Nagarajan, R ^a   Goss Custard, J D ^a   Lea, S E G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Colour preference; Intake rate; Mussel; Optimality; Oystercatcher; Polymorphism

Indexed keywords

COLOR; DIET; FOOD INTAKE; OPTIMUM FORAGING THEORY; PREY PREFERENCE; WADER;

ARTICLE; COLOR; ENERGY; FEEDING; FOOD INTAKE; MUSSEL; NONHUMAN; OYSTER; PREY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; BIVALVIA; COLOR; CUES; DIET; ECOSYSTEM; ENGLAND; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SURVIVAL RATE;

UNITED KINGDOM;

BIVALVIA; HAEMATOPODIDAE; HAEMATOPUS; HAEMATOPUS OSTRALEGUS; MUSCULUS NIGER; MYTILUS; MYTILUS EDULIS; OSTREIDAE; SCOLOPACIDAE;

EID: 53149129035     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2001.1908     Document Type: Article

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