Effects of mute swan grazing on a keystone macrophyte

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 52, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2463-2475

  O'Hare, Matthew T ^a   Stillman, Richard A ^b   Mcdonnell, Jo ^c   Wood, Laura R ^d  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Crowfoot; Cygnus olor; Herbivory; Ranunculus penicillatus var. pseudofluitans; Waterfowl

Indexed keywords

ANATIDAE; AVES; CYGNUS; CYGNUS OLOR; INVERTEBRATA; RANUNCULACEAE; RANUNCULUS PENICILLATUS; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 36348971692     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2007.01841.x     Document Type: Article

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