Creating new foraging opportunities for dark-bellied brent Branta bernicla and barnacle geese Branta leucopsis in spring - Insights from a large-scale experiment

Ardea

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 153-165

  Bos, Daan ^a,b   Stahl, Julia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b Altenburg and Wymenga Ecol Consult ^*  (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Agricultural grassland; Branta bernicla; Branta leucopsis; Disturbance; Forage quality; Herbivory; Salt marsh

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL POLICY; DISTURBANCE; FORAGE; SALTMARSH; WATERFOWL;

ANATIDAE; ANSER; ANSER SP.; AVES; BRANTA; BRANTA BERNICLA; BRANTA LEUCOPSIS; THORACICA;

EID: 1842765679     PISSN: 03732266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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