Inland pastures are an appropriate alternative for salt-marshes as a feeding area for spring-fattening dark-bellied brent geese Branta bernicla

Ardea

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 427-440

  Spaans, Bernard ^a   Postma, Piet ^a  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Branta bernicla; Breeding success; Fattening; Grazing pressure; Lifetime reproduction; Pasture grazing; Site fidelity; Spring

Indexed keywords

HABITAT USE; PASTURE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SALTMARSH; SITE FIDELITY; WATERFOWL;

NETHERLANDS;

BRANTA BERNICLA;

EID: 0035718011     PISSN: 03732266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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