Goose grazing influences the fine-scale structure of a bryophyte community in arctic wetlands

Polar Biology

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1043-1049

  Jasmin, Jean Nicolas ^a,b   Rochefort, Line ^c   Gauthier, Gilles ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b University of California San Diego   (United States)

^c CENTRE D ÉTUDES NORDIQUES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arctic; Community structure; Cryptogams; Diversity; Greater Snow Goose; Plant herbivore interaction; Spatial ecology; Species area relationship; Tundra

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; BIOLOGICAL SURVEY; BRYOPHYTE; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GRAZING; HERBIVORY; PLANT COMMUNITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TUNDRA; WATERFOWL; WETLAND;

ANSER; BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; CHEN;

EID: 48449100809     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-008-0443-y     Document Type: Article

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