Long-term effects of yearly grazing by moulting Greylag geese (Anser anser) on reed (Phragmites australis) growth and nutrient dynamics

Aquatic Botany

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 229-248

  Van Den Wyngaert, I J J ^a   Wienk, L D ^a,b   Sollie, S ^a   Bobbink, R ^a   Verhoeven, J T A ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Compensatory growth; Herbivory; Nutrients; Phragmites australis; Rhizomes

Indexed keywords

GRAZING; HERBIVORY; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; REEDBED; WATERFOWL;

ANSER; ANSER ANSER; ANSER SP.; PHRAGMITES; PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS;

EID: 0037371016     PISSN: 03043770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3770(02)00178-X     Document Type: Article

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