The impact of waterfowl herbivory on plant standing crop: A meta-analysis

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 686, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 157-167

  Wood, Kevin A ^a,b   Stillman, Richard A ^b   Clarke, Ralph T ^b   Daunt, Francis ^a   O'Hare, Matthew T ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ducks; Geese; Macrophyte biomass; Rails; Swans; Wildfowl density

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; BIOENERGETICS; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; DIET; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HERBIVORY; INGESTION RATE; MACROPHYTE; META-ANALYSIS; PHYTOMASS; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; POPULATION DENSITY; WATERFOWL;

ANAS; ANATIDAE; ANSER; AVES; CYGNUS;

EID: 84858623238     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-012-1007-2     Document Type: Article

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