Interference from adults forces young red knots to forage for longer and in dangerous places

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 88, Issue , 2014, Pages 137-146

  van den Hout, Piet J ^a   van Gils, Jan A ^a   Robin, Frédéric ^b   van der Geest, Matthijs ^a   Dekinga, Anne ^a   Piersma, Theunis ^a,c  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LA ROCHELLE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Age segregation; Danger prone foraging; Food safety trade off; Habitat choice; Interference; Predator

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BIRD; FOOD INTAKE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; INTERFERENCE COMPETITION; JUVENILE; MAMMAL; PREDATION; PREDATOR; TRADE-OFF; VULNERABILITY;

BANC D'ARGUIN NATIONAL PARK; MAURITANIA;

CALIDRIS CANUTUS;

EID: 84909954459     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2013.11.020     Document Type: Article

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