Diet selection in a molluscivore shorebird across Western Europe: Does it show short- or long-term intake rate-maximization?

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 53-62

  Quaintenne, Gwenael ^a   Van Gils, Jan A ^b   Bocher, Pierrick ^a,b   Dekinga, Anne ^b   Piersma, Theunis ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LA ROCHELLE   (France)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Digestive constraint; Food intake rate; Molluscivory; Optimal foraging; Prey selection

Indexed keywords

BIOENERGETICS; DIET; FOOD INTAKE; MOLLUSC; OVERWINTERING; PREY CAPTURE; PREY SELECTION; WADER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHARADRIIFORMES; DIET; ECOSYSTEM; EUROPE; MOLLUSC; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION;

ANIMALS; CHARADRIIFORMES; DIET; ECOSYSTEM; EUROPE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLLUSCA; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALIA; AVES; CALIDRIS CANUTUS;

EID: 72449180475     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2009.01608.x     Document Type: Article

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