Chicks of the black-tailed godwit Limosa limosa: Vulnerability to weather and prey size

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 369-379

  Schekkerman, Hans ^a   Boele, Arjan ^a,b  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROOD REARING; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FOOD AVAILABILITY; GRASSLAND; INGESTION RATE; JUVENILE; PREY AVAILABILITY; PREY SIZE; RAINFALL; VULNERABILITY; WADER; WEATHER;

ARTHROPODA; LIMOSA LIMOSA;

EID: 67749108630     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: 1600048X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-048X.2008.04330.x     Document Type: Article

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