On facilitation between herbivores: How Brent Geese profit from brown hares

Ecology

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 969-980

  Van Der Wal, René ^a,c   Van Wijnen, Harm ^a   Van Wieren, Sip ^b   Beucher, Olivier ^a   Bos, Daan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Branta bernicla; Brent Goose; Brown hare; Competition; Facilitation; Herbivores; Lepus europaeus; Netherlands; Salt marsh; Shrub

Indexed keywords

FACILITATION; GRAZING; HERBIVORY; SALTMARSH;

NETHERLANDS;

ANSER; ANSER SP.; ARTEMISIA; ARTEMISIA MARITIMA; ATRIPLEX; ATRIPLEX PORTULACOIDES; BOS TAURUS; BRANTA; BRANTA BERNICLA; LEPUS; LEPUS CAPENSIS; LEPUS EUROPAEUS; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0033936327     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2000)081[0969:OFBHHB]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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