Prey selection and feeding behavior of the two-banded Plover in Patagonia, Argentina

Waterbirds

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 264-269

  D'Amico, Verónica L ^a,b   Bala, Luis O ^a  

^a CONICET ^*  (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PATAGONIA SAN JUAN BOSCO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Diet; Fecal analyses; Feeding behavior; Food availability; Two banded Plovers

Indexed keywords

DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; PREY SELECTION; WADER;

ARGENTINA; PATAGONIA; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

BIVALVIA; CHARADRIUS; CHARADRIUS FALKLANDICUS; CICONIIFORMES; DARINA SOLENOIDES; GLYCERA; GLYCERA AMERICANA; INVERTEBRATA; MACTRIDAE; MOLLUSCA; POLYCHAETA;

EID: 8744300056     PISSN: 15244695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1675/1524-4695(2004)027[0264:PSAFBO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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