Seasonal variation in plant nutritive quality for Greater Snow Goose goslings in mesic tundra

Canadian Journal of Botany

Volumn 85, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 457-462

  Audet, Benoît ^a   Lévesque, Esther ^b   Gauthier, Gilles ^a  

^a CENTRE D ÉTUDES NORDIQUES   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À TROIS RIVIÈRES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Greater Snow Goose; Mesic tundra; Neutral detergent fibre; Nitrogen; Phenolic compounds; Plant nutritive quality

Indexed keywords

BIRDS; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOLOGY; NUTRIENTS; PHENOLIC RESINS;

GREATER SNOW GOOSE; MESIC TUNDRA; NEUTRAL DETERGENT FIBERS; PLANT NUTRITIVE QUALITY;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

BIRD; LEGUME; NITROGEN; NUTRITIVE VALUE; PHENOLIC COMPOUND; SEASONAL VARIATION; TUNDRA;

BYLOT ISLAND; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; NUNAVUT;

ANSER; ARCTAGROSTIS LATIFOLIA; CHEN; CHEN CAERULESCENS ATLANTICA; FABACEAE; JUNCACEAE; LUZULA; LUZULA ARCTICA ARCTICA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; OXYRIA DIGYNA; OXYTROPIS; OXYTROPIS MAYDELLIANA; POACEAE; POLYGONACEAE; POLYGONUM; POLYGONUM VIVIPARUM;

EID: 34548185187     PISSN: 00084026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/B07-039     Document Type: Article

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