A spatial depletion model of the responses of grazing wildfowl to the availability of intertidal vegetation

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 979-992

  Percival, S M ^a   Sutherland, W J ^b   Evans, P R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUNDERLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^c DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anas penelope; Branta bernicla; spatial depletion models; wildfowl grazing; Zostera noltii

Indexed keywords

BIRD; BIRDS; FEEDING BEHAVIOUR; FOOD AVAILABILITY; INTERTIDAL ZONE; SPATIAL DEPLETION MODEL;

UK, ENGLAND, NORTHUMBERLAND, LINDISFARNE NATURE RESERVE;

ANAS PENELOPE; ANSER; ANSER SP.; AVES; BRANTA; BRANTA BERNICLA; PENELOPE; ULVA; ZOSTERA ANGUSTIFOLIA; ZOSTERA NOLTII; ZOSTERACEAE;

EID: 0030302540     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2404679     Document Type: Article

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