Geographic variation in the trophic ecology of an avian rocky shore predator, the African black oystercatcher, along the southern African coastline

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 435, Issue , 2011, Pages 235-249

  Kohler, Sophie A ^a,b   Connan, Maëlle ^b   Hill, Jaclyn M ^b   Mablouké, Cécile ^a   Bonnevie, Bo ^c   Ludynia, Katrin ^d   Kemper, Jessica ^e   Huisamen, Johan ^f   Underhill, Leslie G ^d   Cherel, Yves ^g   McQuaid, Christopher D ^b   Jaquemet, Sébastien ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LA RÉUNION   (France)

^b Department of Zoology and Entomology ^*  (South Africa)

^c RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^e African Penguin Conservation Project   (Namibia)

^f CAPENATURE   (South Africa)

^g CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

13C; 15N; Biogeography; Haematopus moquini; Limpets; Mussels; Shorebirds; Stable isotope mixing model

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BASELINE CONDITIONS; BIVALVE; BLOOD; BREEDING POPULATION; BREEDING SEASON; CARBON ISOTOPE RATIO; COASTAL ZONE; DIETARY SHIFT; FEATHER; FILTER FEEDER; FOOD CHAIN; GASTROPOD; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; GRAZING; INTERTIDAL COMMUNITY; INVASIVE SPECIES; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; PREDATOR; PREY AVAILABILITY; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; ROCKY SHORE; TROPHIC LEVEL; WADER; ZOOGEOGRAPHY;

NAMIBIA; SOUTH AFRICA;

AVES; HAEMATOPUS BACHMANI; HAEMATOPUS MOQUINI; MYTILUS GALLOPROVINCIALIS; PATELLIDAE;

EID: 80051994216     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps09215     Document Type: Article

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