Searching behaviour of foraging waders: does feeding success influence their walking?

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1203-1209

  Dias, Maria P ^a,b   Granadeiro, José P ^a,b   Palmeirim, Jorge M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

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

Author keywords

area restricted search; avocet; black tailed godwit; fine scale movement; foraging; Limosa limosa; Recurvirostra avosetta; redshank; searching behaviour; Tringa totanus

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL CUE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MOVEMENT; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; TORTUOSITY; WADER; WALKING;

LIMOSA LIMOSA; RECURVIROSTRA AVOSETTA; SCOLOPACIDAE; TRINGA TOTANUS;

EID: 64549095530     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2009.02.002     Document Type: Article

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