The importance of feeding fast when thieves are around: A case study on Whimbrels foraging on a wave‐exposed sandy beach in southern Chile

• Published in: Austral Ecology
• Main Authors: Morales‐Torres, Diego F., Valdivia, Nelson, Rodríguez, Sara M., Navedo, Juan G.
• Other Authors: Fondo Nacional de Desarrollo Científico y Tecnológico
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2023
• Subjects: Sandy Beach; Numenius phaeopus; Whimbrel
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/aec.13298; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/aec.13298; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full-xml/10.1111/aec.13298

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