Downward trophic shift during breeding migration in the shorebird calidris mauri (western sandpiper)

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 428, Issue , 2011, Pages 259-269

  Beninger, Peter G ^a   Elner, Robert W ^b   Morançais, Michèle ^a   Decottignies, Priscilla ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dietary changes; Feeding; Intertidal ecosystems; Microphytobenthos; Migratory stopover; Mudflat biofilm

Indexed keywords

BIOFILM; BIVALVE; BREEDING SITE; CARBOHYDRATE; DIETARY SHIFT; FLIGHT; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; MUDFLAT; OVERWINTERING; PHYTOBENTHOS; PIGMENT; STOMACH CONTENT; STOPOVER; WADER;

CANADA;

ANIMALIA; BACILLARIOPHYTA; BIVALVIA; CALIDRIS MAURI; MYA; VENERUPIS (RUDITAPES) PHILIPPINARUM;

EID: 79955653219     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps09050     Document Type: Article

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