Goose grazing selectivity along a depletion gradient

Ecography

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 516-520

  Therkildsen, Ole R ^a   Madsen, Jesper ^a  

^a Kalø   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; FOOD SELECTION; GRAZING;

ANSER; ANSER BRACHYRHYNCHUS; ANSER SP.; BRANTA LEUCOPSIS; POA; POA PRATENSIS; THORACICA; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 0032872416     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.1999.tb01280.x     Document Type: Article

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