Trophic resource partitioning within a shorebird community feeding on intertidal mudflat habitats

Journal of Sea Research

Volumn 92, Issue , 2014, Pages 115-124

  Bocher, Pierrick ^a   Robin, Frédéric ^a   Kojadinovic, Jessica ^a   Delaporte, Philippe ^b   Rousseau, Pierre ^b   Dupuy, Christine ^a   Bustamante, Paco ^a  

^a UMR 7266 CNRS Université de La Rochelle   (France)

^b Réserve Naturelle Nationale de Moioze Oléron Ligue pour la Protection des Oiseaux ^*  (France)

Author keywords

Charadriidae; Isotopic niches; Mudflat ecosystem; Scolopacidae; Trophic level

Indexed keywords

ANNELID; ECOMORPHOLOGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; INTERTIDAL COMMUNITY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MOLLUSC; MUDFLAT; NICHE PARTITIONING; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TROPHIC LEVEL; WADER;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (CENTRAL);

EID: 84907140886     PISSN: 13851101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seares.2014.02.011     Document Type: Article

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