Dietary and microtopographical selectivity of Greenland white-fronted geese feeding on Icelandic hayfields

Ecography

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 480-483

  Kristiansen, J N ^a,d   Fox, A D ^a   Stroud, D A ^b   Boyd, H ^c  

^a Kalø   (Denmark)

^b JOINT NATURE CONSERVATION COMMITTEE   (United Kingdom)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIET; FOOD PREFERENCE; WATERFOWL;

ICELAND;

ANSER ALBIFRONS; DESCHAMPSIA CAESPITOSA;

EID: 0031759494     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.1998.tb00439.x     Document Type: Article

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