| Description |
x, 331 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Machine derived contents note: Preface; List of contributors; Part I. Bird Populations: The Influence of Food Resources on the Use of Feeding Areas: Introduction P. R. Evans; 1. Coastal birds: numbers in relation to food resources P. R. Evans and P. J. Dugan; 2. Balancing the budget: measuring the energy intake and requirements of shorebirds in the field M. W. Pienkowski, P. N. Ferns, N. C. Davidson and D. H. Worrall; 3. Relations between the distribution of waders and the intertidal benthic fauna of the Oosterschelde, Netherlands P. Meire and E. Kuyken; 4. How Oystercatchers and Curlews successfully deplete clams L. Zwarts and J. Wanink; 5. Waterfowl movements in relation to food stocks M. R. van Eerden; 6. Diving duck populations in relation to their food supplies O. Pehrsson; Part II. Bird Populations: Social Behaviour and the Use of Feeding Areas: Introduction J. D. Goss-Custard; 7. Why do birds roost communally R. C. Ydenberg and H. H. Th. Prins; 8. The unsociable plover - the use of intertidal areas by Grey Plovers D. J. Townshend, P. J. Dugan and M. W. Pienkowski; 9. Age-related distribution of Dunlin in the Dutch Wadden Sea T. M. van der Have, E. Nieboer and G. C. Boere; 10. Differences in quality of roosting flock of Oystercatchers C. Swennen; 11. Feeding ecology, winter mortality and the population dynamics of Oystercatchers on the Exe estuary J. D. Goss-Custard and S. E. A. le V. dit Durell; Part III. Introduction W. G. Hale; 12. The Danish Wadden Sea K. Laursen and J. Frikke; 13. The German Wadden Sea P. Prokosch; 14. The Dutch Wadden Sea W. J. Wolff and C. J. Smit; 15. The Dutch Delta Area R. J. Leewis, H. J. M. Baptist and P. L. Meininger; 16. The British Isles P. R. Evans; 17. The Atlantic coast of Morocco M. Kersten and C. J. Smit; 18. The Banc d'Arguin (Mauritania) M. Engelmoer, T. Piersma, W. Altenburg and R. Mes; 19. The changing face of European wintering areas W. G. Hale; Index |
| Analysis |
Birds Waders |
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Charadriiformes |
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Coastal areas |
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Waterfowl |
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Winter |
| Notes |
Edited for The British Ornithologists' Union |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographies and index |
| Subject |
Birds -- Food.
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Birds -- Migration.
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Birds -- Wintering.
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Charadriiformes.
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Water birds -- Wintering.
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| Author |
Evans, P. R.
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Goss-Custard, John.
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Hale, W. G.
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| LC no. |
83017149 |
| ISBN |
0521259282 |
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