On the Diet and Foraging Strategy of Tundra Waders at Sivash

The feeding on aquatic invertebrates, intensity and efficiency of forage intake were studied at the Sivash lagoons in 1995–2002 by the example of 6 wader species (217 birds). The diet composition significantly varied from seeds of plants to different species of aquatic and soil organisms. The diet a...

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Main Author: Kirikova T. A.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sciendo 2017-12-01
Series:Vestnik Zoologii
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1515/vzoo-2017-0061