Selective waterfowl herbivory affects species dominance in a submerged plant community

Archiv fur Hydrobiologie

Volumn 153, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 353-365

  Santamaria L ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Competition; Enclosure; Macrophytes; Potamogeton; Waterfowl grazing; Zannichellia

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DOMINANCE; HERBIVORY; PLANT COMMUNITY; SUBMERGED VEGETATION; WATERFOWL;

ANAS; ANATIDAE; ANIMALIA; ANSER; PECTINATUS; POTAMOGETON; POTAMOGETON PECTINATUS; STUCKENIA PECTINATUS; ZANNICHELLIA;

EID: 0036327299     PISSN: 00039136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/archiv-hydrobiol/153/2002/353     Document Type: Article

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