Influence of migrant tundra swans (Cygnus columbianus) and Canada geese (Branta canadensis) on aquatic vegetation at Long Point, Lake Erie, Ontario

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 567, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 195-211

  Badzinski, Shannon S ^a,b   Ankney, C Davison ^a   Petrie, Scott A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b Long Point Waterfowl and Wetlands Research Fund   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aquatic vegetation; Branta canadensis; Canada geese; Chara spp.; Cygnus columbianus; Exclosure; Herbivory; Macrophytes; Potamogeton pectinatus; Tundra swan; Vallisneria americana; Waterfowl

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; OCEAN HABITATS; PLANTS (BOTANY); VEGETATION;

AQUATIC VEGETATION; BRANTA CANADENSIS; CANADA GEESE; CHARA SPP.; CYGNUS COLUMBIANUS; EXCLOSURE; HERBIVORY; MACROPHYTES; POTAMOGETON PECTINATUS; TUNDRA SWAN;

BIODIVERSITY;

AQUATIC PLANT; BIRD; BREEDING SEASON; ENCLOSURE EXPERIMENT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HERBIVORY; MIGRATION; MIGRATORY SPECIES; TUNDRA; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

CANADA; GREAT LAKES; LAKE ERIE; LONG POINT; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO;

ANAS; ANATIDAE; ANSER SP.; APIUM GRAVEOLENS VAR. DULCE; BRANTA CANADENSIS; CHARA; CHARA VULGARIS; CYGNUS COLUMBIANUS; CYGNUS COLUMBIANUS COLUMBIANUS; PECTINATUS; POTAMOGETON PECTINATUS; STUCKENIA PECTINATUS; VALLISNERIA AMERICANA;

EID: 33746209340     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-006-0045-z     Document Type: Conference Paper

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