Use of the intertidal habitat of the Ythan Estuary, Aberdeenshire, by the redshank, Tringa totanus (L.)

Redshank selected low tide feeding sites on the Ythan Estuary in a manner consistent with the "Ideal Free" model (Fretwell and Lucas 1970). Predictions derived from the "Despotic" (Fretwell 1972) model were contravened. Redshank feeding rates were independent of the density in th...

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Main Author: Greenstreet, Simon P. R.
Published: University of Aberdeen 1986
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.278362