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Field estimates of the strength of interference between oystercatchers haematopus ostralegus

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The rate at which oystercatchers ate mussels was higher when few oystercatchers were present. The calculated strength of this interference (m) was immensely higher than is compatible with those models which assume interference is coused solely by the time predators waste when they encounter each other.

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  1. William J. Sutherland

    Present address: Psychologisch Laboratorium, Postbus 9104, 6500 He, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

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  1. Department of Zoology, Edward Grey Institute of Field Ornithology, South Parks Road, OX1 3PS, Oxford, U.K.

    William J. Sutherland

  2. Zoological Laboratory, Kerklaan 30, Haren (GR), The Netherlands

    Paul Koene

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Sutherland, W.J., Koene, P. Field estimates of the strength of interference between oystercatchers haematopus ostralegus. Oecologia 55, 108–109 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00386724

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