Interactions between coot (Fulica atra) and submerged macrophytes: The role of birds in the restoration process

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 342-343, Issue , 1997, Pages 241-255

  Perrow, Martin R ^a   Hans Schutten, J ^b   Howes, John R ^a   Holzer, Tim ^a   Jane Madgwick, F ^c   Jowitt, Adrian J D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c BROADS AUTHORITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bird diet; Bird grazing; Herbivory; Macrophyte colonisation; Macrophyte growth; Seasonal population trends; Shallow lakes

Indexed keywords

ATRA; AVES; FULICA ATRA;

EID: 4243808023     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-011-5648-6_26     Document Type: Article

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