Invertebrate response to snow goose herbivory on moist-soil vegetation

Wetlands

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 236-249

  Sherfy, Mark H ^a,b   Kirkpatrick, Roy L ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chironomid; Eat out; Exclosure; Herbivory; Impoundment; Predation; Shorebird; Waterfowl

Indexed keywords

EXCLUSION EXPERIMENT; HERBIVORY; IMPOUNDMENT; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; INVERTEBRATE; PREDATION; WADER; WATERFOWL;

DELAWARE; PRIME HOOK NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE; UNITED STATES;

ANAS; ANATIDAE; ANSER; ANSER CAERULESCENS; ANSER SP.; AVES; CHEN CAERULESCENS; CHIRONOMIDAE; COLEOPTERA; INVERTEBRATA; SCOLOPACIDAE;

EID: 0043071438     PISSN: 02775212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1672/3-20     Document Type: Article

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