Spacing behavior of visual- and tactile-feeding shorebirds in mixed-species groups

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Zoology
• Main Author: Young, Andrew D.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1989
• Subjects: Animal Science and Zoology; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Northwest Territories; Inuvik
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/z89-288; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/z89-288

Time activity budgets were determined for tactile-feeding Long-billed Dowitchers (Limnodromus scolopaceus) and Pectoral Sandpipers (Calidris melanotus), and for visual-feeding Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes) and Semipalmated Sandpipers (Calidris pusilla) while these species were foraging in mixe...