Large-scale effects of a small herbivore on salt-marsh vegetation succession - A comparative study on three Wadden Sea Islands

Journal of Coastal Conservation

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 179-188

  Kuijper, D P J ^a   Bakker, J P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Exclosure; Goose; Hare; Mellum; Rottumerplaat; Schiermonnikoog; Waterfowl

Indexed keywords

HERBIVORE; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; SALTMARSH; SUCCESSION; VEGETATION; WATERFOWL;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRIESLAND; FRISIAN ISLANDS; NETHERLANDS; NORTH SEA; SCHIERMONNIKOOG; WADDEN SEA; WEST FRISIAN ISLANDS; WESTERN EUROPE;

ANATIDAE; ANSER; ATRIPLEX; ATRIPLEX PORTULACOIDES; ELYMUS; ELYMUS ATHERICUS; LEPUS;

EID: 33847067101     PISSN: 14000350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1652/1400-0350(2003)009[0179:LEOASH]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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