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J P Myers
1974
Catidris fuscicollis
Mouth of Canal Santo Laguna Ullar Chiquita, 21 Km N of Mar (Chiquita by road), Bellin Poto de Ullar Chiquita, Provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina
3 April
(contd)
exclusion employment as part of the territorial repertoire. By using a modified Oecumenic range-over strategy that the
[illegible] # of territorial WR necessary to explain the distribution of foraging-supplementation—and careful
following of individual territorial core for several minutes time (in order to set the patterns of their foraging effort)
I placed the ——— noting territorial preference. A count reveals that 5 territorial WR that
were partially or completely (only 1 of the 5) on the subunit. At any given time there were no less than
I found on the subunit (a minimum which occurred between the 5 min interval sample). Generally,
there were more, averaging 6.4 birds per count (8 samples). The distribution of the territories in the sub
unit was not at all even — 4 clustered in the lower half, and one just penetrating the subunit near
the upper right stake. Although not reflected by the maps, total WR foraging effort was distributed
in a loose wire fashion. Very few birds foraged out in the shallow water in the upper left,
although for 15 minutes there were a few birds near the upper left stake. i.e. almost all foraging
by other ten, or non-ten levels was on territorial, located in the mud-vegetation mosaic
territorial
habitat features
5.
subunit 1
25 x 25 m unit
open water shallow
mud-sand
1 3
2
A
mud-vegetation mat mosaic
of Azola
After 1 hr 35 min observing, I felt that I could ID with fair certainty territorial birds while taking the
5 min interval sample. ID done on position + a quick flash of behavior there (no fixed nor individual
markers). Therefore in the complex array in the lower half there was room for more. However, I felt
it was small. … I deduce(?) this data at a ratio of territorial : non-ten birds (Phillaeaceae
in Table pp 29): [illegible], 2/1, 4/1, 3/1, 3/2, averaging to 2.6:1, or 72% of birds
being territorial. Note that the distribution of territories over the subunit is anything