Spatial and temporal patterns of habitat use by Eurasian oystercatchers (Haematopus ostralegus) in the eastern Wadden Sea revealed using GPS data loggers

Marine Biology

Volumn 158, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 541-550

  Schwemmer, Philipp ^a   Garthe, Stefan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOINDICATOR; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GPS; HABITAT USE; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; SATELLITE DATA; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TIDAL FLAT; WADER;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA; WADDEN SEA;

AVES; HAEMATOPODIDAE; HAEMATOPUS OSTRALEGUS;

EID: 79951772656     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-010-1579-1     Document Type: Article

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