How do waders perceive buried prey with patchy distributions? The role of prey density and size of patch

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 372, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 43-48

  Santos, Carlos D ^a   Saraiva, Sara ^a   Palmeirim, Jorge M ^a   Granadeiro, José P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b Museu Nacional de Historia Natural Universidade de Lisboa   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Foraging behaviour; Intertidal flats; Patch recognition; Perceptual constraints; Shorebirds; Tagus estuary

Indexed keywords

BIOENERGETICS; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; PATCH SIZE; PATCHINESS; PREY AVAILABILITY; PREY LOCATION; RECOGNITION; WADER;

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

ANIMALIA; AVES; CALIDRIS ALPINA; HEDISTE DIVERSICOLOR; INVERTEBRATA; SCOLOPACIDAE;

EID: 62949220272     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2009.02.005     Document Type: Article

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