Abstract:On the Diet and Foraging Strategy of Tundra Waders at Sivash. Kirikova, T. A. Th e feeding on aquatic invertebrates, intensity and effi ciency of forage intake were studied at the Sivash lagoons in 1995-2002 by the example of 6 wader species (217 birds). Th e diet composition signifi cantly varied from seeds of plants to diff erent species of aquatic and soil organisms. Th e diet at Eastern Sivash was based on Polychaeta, at Central Sivash -on Crustacea and chironomid larvae (Insecta). Foraging intensity depen… Show more
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