Waterfowl herbivory on Potamogeton pectinatus in the Baltic Sea

Oikos

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 323-328

  Idestam Almquist, Jerker ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC MACROPHYTE; EXPERIMENTAL PLOT; HERBIVORY; WATERFOWL;

ASKO ISLAND; BALTIC SEA; SWEDEN;

POTAMOGETON PECTINATUS; POTAMOGETONACEAE;

EID: 0031889422     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3547052     Document Type: Article

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