Ecology Summary - Tringa flavipes

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Ecology of Tringa flavipes

Main Ref.	Gaydos, J.K. and S.F. Pearson, 2011
Remarks	Inhabit coastal brackish wetlands (Ref. 95149). Forage on mudflats throughout the day and at night; foraging largely influenced by tidal movement that determine feeding space and time (Ref. 95192). Forage by picking prey from the surface (Ref. 95149).

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 Tringa flavipes may be found.

Habitat

Substrate
Substrate Ref.
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.	Weber, L.M. and S.M. Haig, 1997
Feeding habit	hunting macrofauna (predator)
Feeding habit Ref.	Weber, L.M. and S.M. Haig, 1997

Trophic Level(s)

Estimation method	original sample		unfished population		Opmerking
Estimation method	Troph	s.e.	Troph	s.e.	Opmerking
From diet composition
From individual food items	3.06	0.26			Tentative trophic level derived from 1 + troph of a single food item
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