Wind effects on habitat use by wintering waders in an inland lake of the Iberian Peninsula

• Published in: Animal Biodiversity and Conservation
• Main Authors: Gonçalves, Maycon S.S., Gil-Delgado Alberti, José Antonio, López Iborra, Germán M., Pons, Priscila dos Santos
• Other Authors: Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Ecología, Universidad de Alicante. Instituto Multidisciplinar para el Estudio del Medio "Ramón Margalef", Ecología Espacial y del Paisaje (EEP), Zoología de Vertebrados
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Museu de Ciències Naturals de Barcelona 2019
• Subjects: Abiotic factors; Foraging habitat; Saline lakes; Shorebirds; Wintering season; Factores abióticos; Hábitat de forrajeo; Lagunas salinas; Aves limícolas; Período invernal; Ecología; Del Viento; Fuerte; Correlimos común
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10045/88329; https://doi.org/10.32800/abc.2019.42.0163

We aimed to identify the effects of the direction and wind speed on feeding habitat selection of wintering dunlins and little stints in an inland lake of the Iberian Peninsula. Feeding habitat (muddy surface or shallow water) and location in the lake with respect to wind direction (windward and leew...