Grazing effects of Black Swans Cygnus atratus (Latham) on a seasonally flooded coastal wetland of eastern Australia

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 697, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 45-57

  Smith, Adam N ^a   Vernes, Karl A ^a   Ford, Hugh A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Black Swans; Clarence; Floodplain; Grazing; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; COASTAL WETLAND; FLOOD FREQUENCY; FLOODPLAIN; FLOW REGULATION; GRAZING; HABITAT CREATION; MACROPHYTE; OPEN WATER; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SEDGE; SHORELINE; SUBMERGED VEGETATION; VEGETATION STRUCTURE; WADER; WATER LEVEL; WATERFOWL; WETLAND MANAGEMENT;

AUSTRALIA; CLARENCE RIVER [NEW SOUTH WALES]; NEW SOUTH WALES;

ANAS; ANAS GRACILIS; AVES; CYGNUS; CYGNUS ATRATUS; ELEOCHARIS; PLATALEA REGIA; THRESKIORNITHIDAE;

EID: 84865419821     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-012-1169-y     Document Type: Article

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