Coastal Waders and Wildfowl in Winter

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Preface List of contributors Part I. Bird Populations: The Influence of Food Resources on the Use of Feeding Areas: Introduction P. R. Evans 1. Coastal birds: numbers in relation to food resources P. R. Evans and P. J. Dugan 2. Balancing the budget: measuring the energy intake and requirements of shorebirds in the field M. W. Pienkowski, P. N. Ferns, N. C. Davidson and D. H. Worrall 3. Relations between the distribution of waders and the intertidal benthic fauna of the Oosterschelde, Netherlands P. Meire and E. Kuyken 4. How Oystercatchers and Curlews successfully deplete clams L. Zwarts and J. Wanink 5. Waterfowl movements in relation to food stocks M. R. van Eerden 6. Diving duck populations in relation to their food supplies O. Pehrsson Part II. Bird Populations: Social Behaviour and the Use of Feeding Areas: Introduction J. D. Goss-Custard 7. Why do birds roost communally R. C. Ydenberg and H. H. Th. Prins 8. The unsociable plover - the use of intertidal areas by Grey Plovers D. J. Townshend, P. J. Dugan and M. W. Pienkowski 9. Age-related distribution of Dunlin in the Dutch Wadden Sea T. M. van der Have, E. Nieboer and G. C. Boere 10. Differences in quality of roosting flock of Oystercatchers C. Swennen 11. Feeding ecology, winter mortality and the population dynamics of Oystercatchers on the Exe estuary J. D. Goss-Custard and S. E. A. le V. dit Durell Part III. Introduction W. G. Hale 12. The Danish Wadden Sea K. Laursen and J. Frikke 13. The German Wadden Sea P. Prokosch 14. The Dutch Wadden Sea W. J. Wolff and C. J. Smit 15. The Dutch Delta Area R. J. Leewis, H. J. M. Baptist and P. L. Meininger 16. The British Isles P. R. Evans 17. The Atlantic coast of Morocco M. Kersten and C. J. Smit 18. The Banc d'Arguin (Mauritania) M. Engelmoer, T. Piersma, W. Altenburg and R. Mes 19. The changing face of European wintering areas W. G. Hale Index.