Survival and growth of the forage grass Festuca rubra in naturally and artificially devegetated sites in a sub-arctic coastal marsh

Ecoscience

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 279-285

  O, Pamela C ^a   Kotanen, Peter M ^a   Abraham, Kenneth F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b ONTARIO MINISTRY OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Festuca rubra; Grazing; Grubbing; Habitat degradation; Lesser snow geese; Supratidal marsh

Indexed keywords

GROWTH; MARSH; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; SURVIVAL;

AKIMISKI ISLAND; CANADA; JAMES BAY; NORTH AMERICA; NUNAVUT; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ANSER; ANSER SP.; BRANTA BERNICLA; BRANTA CANADENSIS; CHEN; FESTUCA; FESTUCA RUBRA;

EID: 21544457191     PISSN: 11956860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2980/i1195-6860-12-2-279.1     Document Type: Article

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