Foraging geese, vegetation loss and soil degradation in an Arctic salt marsh

Applied Vegetation Science

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 7-16

  Jefferies, Robert L ^a   Rockwell, Robert F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Faecal density; Grazing; Grubbing; Lesser snow geese; Species assemblage; Standing crop

Indexed keywords

CHEN CAERULESCENS;

EID: 0036072181     PISSN: 14022001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1654-109X.2002.tb00531.x     Document Type: Article

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