Foraging Ecology of Fall-Migrating Shorebirds in the Illinois River Valley

Agriculture & Biology

• Illinois River 100%
• river valleys 72%
• foraging 46%
• ecology 43%
• Oligochaeta 30%
• invertebrates 27%
• diet 25%
• Calidris 24%
• feeding preferences 19%
• habitat preferences 16%
• Charadrius vociferus 15%
• Tringa 13%
• Cyprinodontiformes 12%
• Hirudinea 10%
• water birds 10%
• carrying capacity 10%
• migratory birds 9%
• Isopoda 9%
• food choices 8%
• food availability 8%
• wetlands 8%
• body condition 8%
• Hemiptera 7%
• body size 7%
• Nematoda 6%
• forage 6%
• Coleoptera 6%
• biomass 5%
• birds 5%
• habitats 4%
• lipids 4%
• sampling 2%

Medicine & Life Sciences

• Rivers 71%
• Ecology 70%
• Accidental Falls 46%
• Diet 40%
• Invertebrates 33%
• Ecosystem 24%
• Food 20%
• Birds 15%
• Isopoda 13%
• Cyprinodontiformes 12%
• Nematoda 12%
• Hemiptera 12%
• Coleoptera 11%
• Oligochaeta 10%
• Wetlands 10%
• Leeches 10%
• Conservation of Natural Resources 10%
• Food Preferences 9%
• Biomass 9%
• Body Size 8%
• Diptera 7%
• North America 7%
• Population 5%
• Fats 5%

Chemical Compounds

• Ecology 78%
• Food 41%
• Fat 11%