Patch choice of avian herbivores along a migration trajectory-From Temperate to Arctic

Basic and Applied Ecology

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 354-363

  van der Graaf, A J ^a   Stahl, J ^b   Veen, G F ^a   Havinga, R M ^a   Drent, R H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Barnacle goose; Branta leucopsis; Flyway; Forage quality; Grazing experiment; Plant biomass; Plant herbivore interactions; Salt marsh

Indexed keywords

ANATIDAE; ANSER; AVES; BRANTA LEUCOPSIS; THORACICA;

EID: 34249792091     PISSN: 14391791     EISSN: 16180089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.baae.2006.07.001     Document Type: Article

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