Environmental heterogeneity, spatial segregation of prey, and the utilization of southwest Atlantic mudflats by migratory shorebirds

Ibis

Volumn 146, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 672-682

  Ribeiro, Pablo D ^a   Iribarne, Oscar O ^a   Navarro, Diego ^a   Jaureguy, Luciano ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE MAR DEL PLATA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HABITAT USE; PREY AVAILABILITY; SEDIMENT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; WADER;

RIO DE LA PLATA; SOUTH AMERICA;

ARENARIA INTERPRES; AVES; CALIDRIS; CALIDRIS FUSCICOLLIS; CHARADRIUS; CHARADRIUS FALKLANDICUS; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); LIMOSA; LIMOSA HAEMASTICA; NUMENIUS; NUMENIUS PHAEOPUS; OCYPODIDAE; PLUVIALIS; PLUVIALIS SQUATAROLA; POLYCHAETA; SCOLOPACIDAE; UCA;

EID: 5344247984     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919x.2004.00301.x     Document Type: Article

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