The role of herbivorous water birds in aquatic systems through interactions with aquatic macrophytes, with special reference to the Bewick's Swan - Fennel Pondweed system

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 584, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 205-213

  Klaassen, Marcel ^a   Nolet, Bart A ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bewick's Swan; Cygnus columbianus; Dispersal; Grazing; Plant competition; Plant herbivore interaction; Potamogeton pectinatus

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; BIRDS; ECOSYSTEMS; EUTROPHICATION; PLANTS (BOTANY); WATER RESOURCES;

BEWICK'S SWAN; CYGNUS COLUMBIANUS; PLANT COMPETITION; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; POTAMOGETON PECTINATUS;

MARINE BIOLOGY;

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; BIODIVERSITY; BIRD; BREEDING SITE; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); DISPERSAL; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; GRAZING; HERBIVORE; MACROPHYTE; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION;

AVES; CYGNUS; CYGNUS COLUMBIANUS; FOENICULUM VULGARE; PECTINATUS; POTAMOGETON PECTINATUS;

EID: 34249030565     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-007-0598-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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