Calidris
National Institutes of Health
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We show that a higher vertebrate can graze surficial intertidal biofilm, previously only considered a food source for rasping…
Experiments on captive animals, in which conditions can be controlled, are useful for examining complex biological phenomena such…
Abstract We combined radiotelemetry, plasma metabolite analyses, and macro-invertebrate prey sampling to investigate variation in…
Besides the "normal" challenge of obtaining adequate intake rates in a patchy and dangerous world, shorebirds foraging in…
Foragers use a variety of anti-predator behaviours to increase their safety from predators. While foraging, animals should alter…
Summary 1. Rate-maximizing foragers that only divide their time between searching and handling prey should, according to the…
Knots Calidris canutus live highly seasonal lives, breeding solitarily on high arctic tundra and spending the non-breeding season…
The body composition of ten adult and five juvenile Knots (Calidris canutus rogersi) in the migratory period from Northland, New…
We studied differences in body composition and basal metabolic rate (BMR, measured in postabsorptive birds under thermoneutral…
Captive Red Knots (Calidris canutus) fed soft food pellets developed atrophied stomachs, and were reluctant to eat their usual…