Shorebirds chapter 7-?

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Energy budget

The percentage of the day in which a shorebird engages in behaviors to intake food, digest, find prey, or to rest

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What is the diet of a shorebird?

This consists of

-invertebrates

-Bivalves

-Polychaetes

-Burrowing shrimps and crabs

-Biofilm

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How does bill morphology affect diet and foraging of shorebirds?

This determines what they can reach in the substrate when foraging and types of prey they can consume

-determines foraging techniques

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Intake rate

The amount of energy ingested per time within a 24 hr interval

-capturing prey attempts

-success of prey catch

-size of prey