Seasonal belowground herbivory and a density refuge from waterfowl herbivory for Vallisneria americana

Ecology

Volumn 86, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 2127-2134

  Sponberg, Adrienne Froelich ^a,b   Lodge, David M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Canvasbacks; Herbivory; Mattamuskeet National Wildlife Refuge; Najas guadalupensis; North Carolina; Tubers; Tundra Swans; Vallisneria americana; Waterfowl; Wild celery; Wintering habitat

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC COMMUNITY; FOOD WEB; HERBIVORY; WATERFOWL;

NORTH AMERICA; NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ANATIDAE; APIUM GRAVEOLENS VAR. DULCE; CYGNUS COLUMBIANUS; NAJAS GUADALUPENSIS; TUBER (GENUS); VALLISNERIA; VALLISNERIA AMERICANA;

EID: 23644453804     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/04-1335     Document Type: Article

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