Foraging strategy of the black oystercatcher

The study was concerned with the foraging strategies of animals and, in particular, with a recent model of optimal foraging proposed by Royama in 1970. The black oyster-catcher Haematopus bachmani Audubon was chosen as a study animal because it foraged in an open habitat where it was possible to obs...

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Main Author: Hartwick, Earl Brian
Language:English
Published: University of British Columbia 2011
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/32027