Digestive capacity and toxicity cause mixed diets in red knots that maximize energy intake rate

American Naturalist

Volumn 183, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 650-659

  Oudman, Thomas ^a   Onrust, Jeroen ^a,b   de Fouw, Jimmy ^a   Spaans, Bernard ^a   Piersma, Theunis ^a,b   van Gils, Jan A ^a  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Calidris canutus; Constraints; Diet choice; Mixed diet; Toxin

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; BIVALVE; DIGESTION; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD PREFERENCE; NUTRIENT; OVERWINTERING; SYMBIOSIS; TOXICITY; TOXIN; WADER;

WEST AFRICA;

BACTERIAL TOXIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL SHELL; BIVALVE; CHARADRIIFORMES; DIET; DIGESTIVE FUNCTION; GASTROPOD; MAURITANIA; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; SALINITY;

ANIMAL SHELLS; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BIVALVIA; CHARADRIIFORMES; DIET; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; GASTROPODA; MAURITANIA; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SALINITY;

EID: 84898871653     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/675759     Document Type: Article

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