Field estimates of the strength of interference between oystercatchers haematopus ostralegus
- 30 September 1982
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in Oecologia
- Vol. 55 (1) , 108-109
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00386724
Abstract
The rate at which oystercatchers ate mussels was higher when few oystercatchers were present. The calculated strength of this interference (m) was immensely higher than is compatible with those models which assume interference is coused solely by the time predators waste when they encounter each other.Keywords
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