Why do eastern curlews Numenius madagascariensis feed on prey that lowers intake rate before migration?

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 533-542

  Zharikov, Yuri ^a   Skilleter, Gregory A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORAGING BEHAVIOR; FORAGING EFFICIENCY; PREY SELECTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; TIME ALLOCATION; WADER;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

CALLIANASSIDAE; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); MACROPHTHALMUS; MICTYRIS; NUMENIUS; NUMENIUS MADAGASCARIENSIS; TRYPAEA; TRYPAEA AUSTRALIENSIS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 8744310002     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0908-8857.2004.03275.x     Document Type: Article

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