Burial depth distribution of fennel pondweed tubers (Potamogeton pectinatus) in relation to foraging by Bewick's swans

Aquatic Botany

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 321-327

  Hidding, Bert ^a   Nolet, Bart A ^a   van Eerden, Mennobart R ^b   Guillemain, Matthieu ^c   Klaassen, Marcel ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^b INST INLAND WATER MGMT WASTE W   (Netherlands)

^c OFFICE NATIONAL DE LA CHASSE ET DE LA FAUNE SAUVAGE   (France)

Author keywords

Herbivore avoidance; Inducible defence; Microevolution; Stuckenia pectinata; Trade off; Tuber depth distribution

Indexed keywords

AVOIDANCE REACTION; FOOD CONSUMPTION; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PREDICTION; SENESCENCE; SURVIVAL; TUBER; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; WATERFOWL;

CYGNUS; CYGNUS COLUMBIANUS BEWICKII; FOENICULUM VULGARE; PECTINATUS; POTAMOGETON PECTINATUS; STUCKENIA PECTINATA; TUBER (TRUFFLE);

EID: 62249169259     PISSN: 03043770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquabot.2008.12.001     Document Type: Article

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