Ecology Summary - Pluvialis fulva

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Ecology of Pluvialis fulva

Main Ref.	Brooke, M. de L., I. Hepburn and R.J. Travelyan, 2004
Remarks	Generally occupies coastal areas, foraging in coastal fields, prairies, coastal freshwater pools, salt marshes, beaches, open mud, sandflats and reefs. Strongly migratory. May forage in solitary or in flocks of one hundred or more. Feeds on insects, molluscs, worms, crustaceans, and spiders (Ref. 107885).

Aquatic zones / Water bodies

	Marine - Neritic	Marine - Oceanic	Brackishwater	Freshwater
Marine zones / Brackish and freshwater bodies	supra-littoral zone littoral zone sublittoral zone	epipelagic mesopelagic epipelagic abyssopelagic hadopelagic	estuaries/lagoons/brackish seas mangroves marshes/swamps	rivers/streams lakes/ponds caves exclusively in caves

Highighted items on the list are where Pluvialis fulva may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Soft Bottom: sand; mud;
Substrate Ref.	Birdlife International, 2016
Special habitats
Special habitats Ref.

Associations

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Associations
Associated with
Association remarks
Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type	mainly animals (troph. 2.8 and up)
Feeding type Ref.	Birdlife International, 2016
Feeding habit	hunting macrofauna (predator)
Feeding habit Ref.	Birdlife International, 2016

Trophic Level(s)

Estimation method	original sample		unfished population		Remark
Estimation method	Troph	s.e.	Troph	s.e.	Remark
From diet composition
From individual food items	3.80	0.29			Trophic level estimated from a number of food items using a randomized resampling routine.
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