Foraging along a salinity gradient - The effect of tidal inundation on site choice by dark-bellied brent geese Branta bernicla and barnacle geese B. leucopsis

Ardea

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 201-212

  Stahl, Julia ^a   Bos, Daan ^a   Loonen, Maarten J J E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Branta bernicla; Branta leucopsis; Festuca rubra; Habitat choice; Herbivory; Nasal gland; Puccinellia maritima; Salt marsh; Soil elevation

Indexed keywords

FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT SELECTION; SALINITY; SALTMARSH; WATERFOWL;

ANAS; ANATIDAE; ANIMALIA; ANSER; ANSER SP.; AVES; BRANTA; BRANTA BERNICLA; BRANTA LEUCOPSIS; FESTUCA; FESTUCA RUBRA; PUCCINELLIA; PUCCINELLIA MARITIMA; THORACICA;

EID: 1542349821     PISSN: 03732266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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