Whole-community facilitation by beaver: Ecosystem engineer increases waterbird diversity

Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 623-633

  Nummi, Petri ^a   Holopainen, Sari ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

BACI; Castor canadensis; Duck; Keystone modifier; Restoration; Wader; Waterbirds

Indexed keywords

CASTOR CANADENSIS;

EID: 84907999493     PISSN: 10527613     EISSN: 10990755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aqc.2437     Document Type: Article

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