Geese and grazing lawns: responses of the grass Festuca rubra to defoliation in a subarctic coastal marsh

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Botany
• Main Authors: O, Pamela C., Kotanen, Peter M., Abraham, Kenneth F.
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: English
• Published: NRC Research Press 2007
• Subjects: Akimiski Island; Festuca rubra; grazing; Lesser Snow Goose; Canada Goose; herbivory; Canada; Hudson; Hudson Bay; Indian; Akimiski island; Branta canadensis; Subarctic; James Bay
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1807/73978; https://doi.org/10.1139/b06-124

This is the accepted manuscript of an article published by the NRC Research Press. coastal marshes on James Bay and southern Hudson Bay, Canada, the grass Festuca rubra is heavily used for forage by Snow (Chen caerulescens caerulescens) and Canada Geese (Branta canadensis). On Akimiski Island, James...