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Intra- and inter-specific interactions of foraging American oystercatchers on an oyster bed
Tuckwell, J.; Nol, E. (1997). Intra- and inter-specific interactions of foraging American oystercatchers on an oyster bed. Can. J. Zool. 75(2): 182-187
In: Canadian Journal of Zoology = Revue canadienne de zoologie. National Research Council: Ottawa. ISSN 0008-4301; e-ISSN 1480-3283
Peer reviewed article  
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Trefwoorden
    Abundance
    Aquatic organisms > Marine organisms > Aquatic birds > Marine birds
    Behaviour > Feeding behaviour > Foraging behaviour
    Fauna > Aquatic organisms > Aquatic animals > Aquatic birds
    Fauna > Aquatic organisms > Aquatic animals > Shellfish > Marine organisms > Marine molluscs
    Food preferences
    Interspecific interactions
    Interspecific relationships > Parasitism
    Interspecific relationships > Predation
    Intraspecific relationships
    Oyster beds
    Crassostrea virginica (Gmelin, 1791) [WoRMS]; Geukensia demissa (Dillwyn, 1817) [WoRMS]; Haematopus ostralegus Linnaeus, 1758 [WoRMS]; Larus argentatus Pontoppidan, 1763 [WoRMS]; Larus marinus Linnaeus, 1758 [WoRMS]; Mytilus edulis Linnaeus, 1758 [WoRMS]
    Marien/Kust
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  • Tuckwell, J.
  • Nol, E.
Abstract
    We compared the rates of intraspecific and interspecific kleptoparasitism of foraging American oystercatchers (Haematopus palliatus) on a commercial oyster () bed during two seasons and between 1979 and 1995. In 1979 most conspecific kleptoparasites were immature oystercatchers and victims were adults. Both intra- and inter-specific parasitism were more common in 1979 than in 1994 or 1995. Kleptoparasitism by conspecifics was more common than by gulls (Larus argentatus, L. marinus) but was not density dependent, Gulls primarily kleptoparasitized oystercatchers foraging on mussels (Geukensia demissa), with their longer handling times. Kleptoparasitism by gulls increased as the number of gulls on the oyster bed increased, and the presence of gulls significantly depressed intake rates and sizes of mussels taken by oystercatchers during autumn. Oystercatchers ate smaller oysters in autumn than in winter in both the presence and absence of gulls. The presence of conspecific and gull kleptoparasites changed the oystercatchers' relative preference for oysters over mussels in their diet. The presence of gulls only partly explained the oystercatchers' lower rates of intake of oysters in autumn than in winter.
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