The impact of grubbing by Greylag Geese (Anser anser) on the vegetation dynamics of a tidal marsh

Aquatic Botany

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 261-279

  Esselink, Peter ^a,b   Helder, Guido J F ^a   Aerts, Bart A ^a   Gerdes, Klaus ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b Stichting Het Groninger Landschap   (Netherlands)

^c NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Greylag geese; Grubbing; Scirpus maritimus; Spartina anglica; Tidal marsh; Vegetation dynamics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; DYNAMICS; ECOLOGY; GOOSE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; PLANT GROWTH; VEGETATION; WINTER;

ANSER ANSER; CYPERACEAE; SCIRPUS MARITIMUS; SPARTINA ANGLICA;

GREYLAG GOOSE; GRUBBING; HERBIVORY; SALTMARSH; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

NETHERLANDS, EMS DOLLARD ESTUARY;

EID: 0030617988     PISSN: 03043770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3770(96)01076-5     Document Type: Article

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