A biotic agent promotes large-scale catastrophic change in the coastal marshes of Hudson Bay

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 234-242

  Jefferies, Robert L ^a   Jano, Andrew P ^b   Abraham, Kenneth F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b ONTARIO MINISTRY OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alternative vegetative states; LANDSAT imagery; Population numbers of lesser snow geese; Self organized patchiness; Soil salinity

Indexed keywords

LANDSAT; MARSH; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SALINITY; WATERFOWL;

CANADA; HUDSON BAY; JAMES BAY; NORTH AMERICA;

ANSER; ANSER SP.; CHEN; CHEN CAERULESCENS CAERULESCENS;

EID: 33645105490     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2005.01086.x     Document Type: Article

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