Pectoral Sandpiper (Calidris melanotos) Science Article 1 abstract During the summer of 1992 we placed wire-mesh exclosures around 13 of 52 Pectoral Sandpiper (Calidris melanotos) nests near Oliktok Point on the North Slope of Alaska. Exclosures were 66-69 cm in diameter, 31-cm tall, and were made of 5 X 10-cm mesh weld-wire with 3-cm mesh […]
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Effectiveness of predator exclosures for pectoral sandpiper nests in Alaska
Pectoral Sandpiper (Calidris melanotos) Science Article 1 abstract During the summer of 1992 we placed wire-mesh exclosures around 13 of 52 Pectoral Sandpiper (Calidris melanotos) nests near Oliktok Point on the North Slope of Alaska. Exclosures were 66-69 cm in diameter, 31-cm tall, and were made of 5 X 10-cm mesh weld-wire with 3-cm mesh […]
The energetic costs of egg heating constrainincubation attendance but do not determinedaily energy expenditure in thepectoral sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper (Calidris melanotos) Science Article 2 abstract Heating eggs during incubation may be relatively energetically costly, affecting the outcome or number of breeding attempts. We Will Cresswell, S. Holt,a J. M. Reid, D. P. Whitfield, R. J. Mellanby, D. Norton and S. Waldron, Behavioral Ecology Vol. 15 No. 3: 498-507 Download article download full […]
The energetic costs of egg heating constrainincubation attendance but do not determinedaily energy expenditure in thepectoral sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper (Calidris melanotos) Science Article 2 abstract Heating eggs during incubation may be relatively energetically costly, affecting the outcome or number of breeding attempts. We Will Cresswell, S. Holt,a J. M. Reid, D. P. Whitfield, R. J. Mellanby, D. Norton and S. Waldron, Behavioral Ecology Vol. 15 No. 3: 498-507 Download article download full […]
PARENTAL ROLES AND THE MATING SYSTEM OF THE LONG-TOED STINT CALIDRIS SUBMINUTA
Long-toed Stint (Calidris subminuta) Science Article 2 abstract The mating system of the Long-toed Stint is poorly known. Observations of several broods in western Kamchatka in 1989 suggest a monogamous mating system in which incubation is shared, but with males caring for the brood after hatching Pavel S. Tomkovich, WSG Bull. 57: 42-43. Download article […]
PARENTAL ROLES AND THE MATING SYSTEM OF THE LONG-TOED STINT CALIDRIS SUBMINUTA
Long-toed Stint (Calidris subminuta) Science Article 2 abstract The mating system of the Long-toed Stint is poorly known. Observations of several broods in western Kamchatka in 1989 suggest a monogamous mating system in which incubation is shared, but with males caring for the brood after hatching Pavel S. Tomkovich, WSG Bull. 57: 42-43. Download article […]
First record of a long-toed stint (Calidris subminuta) in New Zealand
Long-toed Stint (Calidris subminuta) Science Article 1 abstract On 31 August 1997 Sheila Petch and Nick Allen were at Jarvis Road, Lake Ellesmere looking for shorebirds newly arrived from the Northern Hemisphere. While looking at a flock of recently arrived red-necked stints (Calidris ruflcollis) they noticed a bird of similar size, but with pale legs […]
Status and conservation of the Little Curlew Numenius minutus onits over-wintering grounds in Australia
Little Curlew (Numenius minutus) Science Article 1 abstract The Little Curlew Numenius minutus, the smallest member of the genus Numenius, is strongly migratory with a restricted breeding range in eastern Siberia and wintering grounds inAustralia and elsewhere in the South Pacific region Bellio, M.G., Bayliss, P., Morton, S. and Chatto R., Waterbirds around the world […]
Status and conservation of the Little Curlew Numenius minutus onits over-wintering grounds in Australia
Little Curlew (Numenius minutus) Science Article 1 abstract The Little Curlew Numenius minutus, the smallest member of the genus Numenius, is strongly migratory with a restricted breeding range in eastern Siberia and wintering grounds inAustralia and elsewhere in the South Pacific region Bellio, M.G., Bayliss, P., Morton, S. and Chatto R., Waterbirds around the world […]
Functional association of bill morphology and foragingbehaviour in calidrid sandpipers
Least Sandpiper (Calidris minutilla) Science Article 4 abstract Foraging behaviour in birds co-varies with bill morphology. Shorebirds exhibit pronouncedinter- and intra-specific variation in bill length and shape as well as in foraging behaviour.Pecking, or feeding on epifaunal intertidal invertebrates, is associated with a straight bill, while probing,feeding on infaunal prey S. NEBEL et al, University […]