Foraging ecology of an endemic shorebird, the African Black Oystercatcher (Haematopus moquini) on the south-east coast of South Africa

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 361-366

  Kohler, Sophie ^a,b   Bonnevie, Bo ^b   McQuaid, Christopher ^b   Jaquemet, Sébastien ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LA RÉUNION   (France)

^b RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

African Black Oystercatcher; foraging ecology; prey selection; sex related strategy; South Africa; stable isotope analysis

Indexed keywords

BREEDING POPULATION; BREEDING SEASON; DIET; ENDEMIC SPECIES; FEEDING GROUND; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; PREY SELECTION; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; STABLE ISOTOPE; WADER;

AFRICA; EAST LONDON; EASTERN CAPE; KENTON ON SEA; PORT ELIZABETH; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

AVES; HAEMATOPODIDAE; HAEMATOPUS BACHMANI; HAEMATOPUS MOQUINI; MYTILUS GALLOPROVINCIALIS; PATELLIDAE; SCUTELLASTRA COCHLEAR;

EID: 69049094888     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2009.03.035     Document Type: Article

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