Experimental evidence for cryptic interference among socially foraging shorebirds

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 806-814

  Bijleveld, Allert Imre ^a,b   Folmer, Eelke Olov ^a,b   Piersma, Theunis ^a,b  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

agonistic interactions; attack rate; flock size; functional response; ideal free distribution; intraspecific competition

Indexed keywords

AGONISTIC BEHAVIOR; BIVALVE; CONSPECIFIC; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FOOD INTAKE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; FUNCTIONAL RESPONSE; GROUP SIZE; IDEAL FREE DISTRIBUTION; INTERFERENCE COMPETITION; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; KLEPTOPARASITISM; PREY AVAILABILITY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; WADER;

ANIMALIA; AVES; BIVALVIA; CALIDRIS CANUTUS;

EID: 84862841444     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/ars034     Document Type: Article

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