book chapter · 1996

Specialization

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Abstract Probably the best known fact about Oystercatcher biology is that individuals differ in the feeding technique they adopt. Niko Tinbergen even produced a film about Oystercatchers called The specialist. The suggestion that these birds learn which feeding technique to use from their parents has become a classic example of the cultural transmission of behaviour while the presence of individual specializations has numerous consequences for understanding many aspects of their physiology, behaviour and population ecology. Partridge and Green (1985) suggested that the three main factors rhat will result in differences in foraging behaviour between individuals are differences in morphology, frequency-dependent advantage and differences in habitat.

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APA 7

Hulscher, J. B. (1996). Specialization. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198546474.003.0004

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Hulscher, Jan B.F. “Specialization.” 1996, pp. 56–75, https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198546474.003.0004.

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Hulscher, Jan B.F. 1996. “Specialization.” https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198546474.003.0004.

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Hulscher, J.B. (1996) ‘Specialization’. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198546474.003.0004.

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@incollection{hulscher1996specialization,
  title = {{Specialization}},
  author = {Hulscher, Jan B.F.},
  pages = {56--75},
  year = {1996},
  doi = {10.1093/oso/9780198546474.003.0004}
}

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