Determining the availability of earthworms for visually hunting predators

ABSTRACT Studies of interactions among earthworms as prey for visually foraging predators required a field method that measures earthworm availability (i.e., the density of surfacing earthworms). We present such a method by counting surfacing earthworms at night by an observer lying prone on a cart...

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Main Authors: Jeroen Onrust, Sjoerd Hobma, Theunis Piersma
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2019-12-01
Series:Wildlife Society Bulletin
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/wsb.1022