Compensatory growth in an aquatic plant mediates exploitative competition between seasonally tied herbivores

Ecology

Volumn 90, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1891-1899

  Hidding, Bert ^a   Nolet, Bart A ^a   De Boer, Thus ^a   De Vries, Peter P ^a   Klaassen, Marcel ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Above and belowground herbivory; Aquatic macrophytes; Bewick's Swan; Compensation; Cygnus columbianus bewickii; Exploitative competition; Herbivore tolerance; Potamogeton pectinatus; Sago pondweed; Sequential density dependence; The Netherlands; Waterfowl

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC PLANT; BIOMASS; COMPENSATION; DAMAGE; FOOD AVAILABILITY; GROWTH RESPONSE; HERBIVORE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SHALLOW WATER; WATERFOWL; WEED;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DUCKS AND GEESE; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHYSIOLOGY; POTAMOGETONACEAE; SEASON; TIME;

ANIMALS; ANSERIFORMES; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; POTAMOGETONACEAE; SEASONS; TIME FACTORS;

BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; NETHERLANDS; WESTERN EUROPE;

ANAS; ANATIDAE; CYGNUS; CYGNUS COLUMBIANUS BEWICKII; CYGNUS OLOR; PECTINATUS; POTAMOGETON PECTINATUS; RALLIDAE; STUCKENIA PECTINATUS; TUBER (TRUFFLE); VERTEBRATA;

EID: 67650692722     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/08-1218.1     Document Type: Article

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