Does arctic vegetation change when grazed by barnacle geese? A pilot study

Norsk Polarinstitutt, Skrifter

Volumn , Issue 200, 1998, Pages 99-103

  Loonen, Maarten J J E ^a   Solheim, Bjørn ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

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