Exclosure study on the exploitation of macrophytes by summering and moulting waterbirds at Lower Lake Constance

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 697, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 31-44

  Matuszak, Anja ^a   Mörtl, Martin ^b   Quillfeldt, Petra ^a   Bauer, Hans Günther ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Exclosure experiment; Food supply; Herbivory; Waterbird community; Wing moult

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIOMASS; DISTURBANCE; FLIGHTLESSNESS; FOOD SUPPLY; GRAZING; HERBIVORY; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MACROPHYTE; MOBILITY; MOLT; WATERFOWL; WING;

BODENSEE;

EID: 84865439067     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-012-1168-z     Document Type: Article

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