A study of the winter feeding ecology and behaviour of the bar-tailed godwit (Limosa lapponica)
Godwits, large wading birds, were studied at Holy island, Northumberland during three winters. Most fed on the polychaete worms Scoloplos armiger and Arenicola marina (the lugworm). Although 60% of items taken were Scoloplos, the larger lugworms provided over 90% of the energy content of the diet. I...
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Durham University
1975
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| Online Access: | http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.473228 |