Long-term effects of grazing and global warming on the composition and carrying capacity of graminoid marshes for moulting geese in east Greenland

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Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 638-649

  Madsen, Jesper ^a   Jaspers, Cornelia ^b   Tamstorf, Mikkel ^a   Mortensen, Christian Ebbe ^c   Rigét, Frank ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c NONE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Barnacle geese; Carex; Climate change; Grazing impact; Herbivory; Pink footed geese

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; CARRYING CAPACITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; FEN; FOOD SUPPLY; GLOBAL WARMING; GRAZING PRESSURE; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; HERBIVORE; HERBIVORY; LONG-TERM CHANGE; MARSH; MOLT; MOSS; SEDGE; VEGETATION COVER; WATERFOWL;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND; JAMESON LAND;

ANSER; ANSER BRACHYRHYNCHUS; BRANTA LEUCOPSIS; BRYOPHYTA; CAREX;

EID: 80052536791     PISSN: 00447447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13280-011-0170-4     Document Type: Article

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