Effects of herbivory on arrowgrass: Interactions between Geese, neighboring plants, and abiotic factors

Ecological Monographs

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 275-293

  Mulder, Christa P H ^a,b   Ruess, Roger W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Alaska; Associational resistance; Biomass allocation; Brant Geese; Branta bernicla nigricans; Grazing; Selective herbivory; Stoloniferous perennial; Subarctic salt marsh; Triglochin palustris; Vegetative reproduction

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HERBIVORY; PLANT COMMUNITY; SALTMARSH;

ALASKA; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; ANSER; ANSER SP.; BRANTA; BRANTA BERNICLA; BRANTA BERNICLA NIGRICANS; CAREX; CHRYSANTHEMUM; CHRYSANTHEMUM ARCTICUM; DENDRANTHEMA ARCTICUM ARCTICUM; POACEAE; POTENTILLA; POTENTILLA EGEDEI; SALIX; TRIGLOCHIN; TRIGLOCHIN PALUSTRIS;

EID: 0031693222     PISSN: 00129615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9615(1998)068[0275:EOHOAI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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