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Digestive bottleneck affects foraging decisions in red knots Calidris canutus. I. Prey choice |
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| Authors: | JAN A. VAN GILS&dagger ,SEM R. DE ROOIJ,JELMER VAN BELLE,JAAP VAN DER MEER,ANNE DEKINGA,THEUNIS PIERSMA&dagger , RUDI DRENT&dagger |
| Affiliation: | Department of Marine Ecology and Evolution, Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ), PO Box 59, 1790 AB Den Burg, Texel, the Netherlands;and;Animal Ecology Group, Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Studies (CEES), University of Groningen, PO Box 14, 9750 AA Haren, the Netherlands |
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| Keywords: | contingency model digestive constraint digestive rate model foraging decision gizzard intake rate optimal diet optimal foraging theory patch prey choice |