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Prey type and foraging ecology of Sanderlings Calidris alba in different climate zones: are tropical areas more favourable than temperate sites?

Sanderlings (Calidris alba) are long-distance migratory shorebirds with a non-breeding range that spans temperate and tropical coastal habitats. Breeding in the High Arctic combined with non-breeding seasons in the tropics necessitate long migrations, which are energetically demanding. On an annual...

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Autores principales: Grond, Kirsten, Ntiamoa-Baidu, Yaa, Piersma, Theunis, Reneerkens, Jeroen
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: PeerJ Inc. 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4540009/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26290790
http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1125