Experimental evidence for interference competition in oystercatchers, Haematopus ostralegus. I. Captive birds

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1251-1260

  Rutten, Anne L ^a   Oosterbeek, Kees ^a,b   Van Der Meer, Jaap ^c   Verhulst, Simon ^a   Ens, Bruno J ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b SOVON DUTCH CENTRE FOR FIELD ORNITHOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^d WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cerastoderma edule; cockle; density dependence; dominance; experiment; Haematopus ostralegus; interference, intraspecific competition; oystercatcher

Indexed keywords

BIVALVE; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; DOMINANCE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FOOD INTAKE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; INTERFERENCE COMPETITION; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; KLEPTOPARASITISM; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PREY AVAILABILITY; WADER;

AVES; CERASTODERMA EDULE; HAEMATOPODIDAE; HAEMATOPUS OSTRALEGUS;

EID: 78649380804     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arq129     Document Type: Article

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