Sex promotes spatial and dietary segregation in a migratory shorebird during the non-breeding season

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Catry, Teresa ^a   Alves, José A ^b   Gill, Jennifer A ^b   Gunnarsson, Tómas G ^c   Granadeiro, José P ^a  

^a Museu Nacional de Historia Natural Universidade de Lisboa   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; BIVALVE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; ESTUARY; FOOD COMPOSITION; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GASTROPOD; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; LIMOSA LIMOSA; MICROHABITAT; MIGRATORY SPECIES; NONHUMAN; ORGANISMAL INTERACTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHOREBIRD; WINTER;

ANIMALS; BREEDING; CHARADRIIFORMES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PORTUGAL; SEASONS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; AVES; BIVALVIA; GASTROPODA; LIMOSA; LIMOSA LIMOSA; POLYCHAETA;

EID: 84859150631     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0033811     Document Type: Article

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