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OPTIMAL FORAGING AND THE FUNCTIONAL RESPONSE<br />

We used mo<strong>de</strong>ling clay to <strong>de</strong>termine the ratface, area of bivalves measured in a horizontal plane in or<strong>de</strong>r to estimate the 'touch area' of a shell<br />

lor a bird probing its bill vertically downward into the sustrate<br />

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