data experiment 2

Diet choice of captive red knots (Calidris canutus canutus) were determined after being fed a diet of either Loripes lucinalis or Dosinia isocardia, by offering both species simultaneously in seperate piles on a tray. Trials ended after 20 prey choices, or after one hour (1 case, 13 ingestions). Spe...

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Main Authors: Oudman, Thomas, Onrust, Jeroen, De Fouw, Jimmy, Spaans, Bernard, Piersma, Theunis, Van Gils, Jan A.
Format: Dataset
Language:unknown
Published: Dryad Digital Repository 2014
Subjects:
Ecology behavioral
Foraging behavior
Foraging ecology
Foraging theory
Physiology digestive
Trade offs
Wetlands
Bird
Calidris canutus
Online Access:https://dx.doi.org/10.5061/dryad.5fp4g/2
http://datadryad.org/resource/doi:10.5061/dryad.5fp4g/2
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Summary:Diet choice of captive red knots (Calidris canutus canutus) were determined after being fed a diet of either Loripes lucinalis or Dosinia isocardia, by offering both species simultaneously in seperate piles on a tray. Trials ended after 20 prey choices, or after one hour (1 case, 13 ingestions). Species of each prey ingestion was recorded. Further details can be found in Oudman et al. (2014, American Naturalist)

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