Landscape-scale experiment demonstrates that Wadden Sea intertidal flats are used to capacity by molluscivore migrant shorebirds

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 78, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1259-1268

  Kraan, Casper ^a   Van Gils, Jan A ^a   Spaans, Bernard ^a   Dekinga, Anne ^a   Bijleveld, Allert I ^a   Van Roomen, Marc ^b   Kleefstra, Romke ^b   Piersma, Theunis ^a,c  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b SOVON DUTCH CENTRE FOR FIELD ORNITHOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Carrying capacity; Foraging information; Intertidal macrozoobenthos; Survival; Wadden Sea

Indexed keywords

BIOENERGETICS; CARRYING CAPACITY; EXPLOITATION; FEEDING GROUND; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FUNCTIONAL RESPONSE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; MACROBENTHOS; MOLLUSC; PATCHINESS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL; TIDAL FLAT; WADER; ZOOBENTHOS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHARADRIIFORMES; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MOLLUSC; NETHERLANDS; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION MIGRATION; SEA;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; CHARADRIIFORMES; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MOLLUSCA; NETHERLANDS; OCEANS AND SEAS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA; WADDEN SEA;

AVES; CALIDRIS CANUTUS;

EID: 70349906405     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2009.01564.x     Document Type: Article

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