Oystercatchers' bill shapes as a proxy for diet specialization: More differentiation than meets the eye

Ardea

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 335-347

  Van De Poll, Martijn ^b   Ens, Bruno J ^c   Oosterbeek, Kees ^c   Brouwer, Lyanne ^b   Verhulst, Simon ^d   Tinbergen, Joost M ^d   Rutten, Anne L ^d   De Jong, Martin ^e  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c SOVON DUTCH CENTRE FOR FIELD ORNITHOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^e WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bill damage; Bill morphology; Haematopus ostralegus; Prey choice; Sex dependent diet choice; Sexual dimorphism; Shellfish; Trophic polymorphism

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; PREDATOR; PREY SELECTION; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SHELLFISH; SPECIALIZATION; TROPHIC CONDITIONS; WADER;

AVES; HAEMATOPODIDAE; HAEMATOPUS OSTRALEGUS; HAEMATOPUS OSTRALEGUS OSTRALEGUS;

EID: 72549098066     PISSN: 03732266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5253/078.097.0309     Document Type: Article

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