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comparison between the weight of ihe gut <strong>and</strong> the total<br />

body of some wa<strong>de</strong>r species (Piersma et al. 1993)<br />

shows that the exponent of the slope is usually less<br />

than I. Furthermore, the seasonal variation in body<br />

weight in Oystercatchers is noi as large as in migrator*)<br />

birds, even though a winter weighl of 600 g is 20'i<br />

above the btxl) weight of inl<strong>and</strong> Oystercalchers during<br />

ihe summer. Since Kersten & Visser (1996a) did <strong>their</strong><br />

Digestion continues al the roost during high li<strong>de</strong>.<br />

INTAKE RATE AND PROCESSING RATE IN OYSTERCATCHER<br />

230<br />

experiment in summer <strong>and</strong> iheir birds had a low body<br />

weight, the consumption in winter might exceed ihe<br />

digestive constraint these authors <strong>de</strong>fined. However.<br />

our analv sis of ihe cru<strong>de</strong> iniake rates (Fig. 4) revealed<br />

no seasonal variation. Hence we lake ihe mo<strong>de</strong>l of<br />

Kersten cs Visser (1996a) as a general <strong>de</strong>scription of<br />

ihe constraint in the rate at which also the fcxxl can be<br />

processed al a maximum.

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