Experimental studies of the effects of grazing by captive goslings of the lesser snow goose on the vegetation of a subarctic salt marsh.

• Main Author: Hik, David S.
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 1988
• Subjects: grazing; Lesser snow geese; La Pérouse Bay; Puccinellia phryganodes; Net above-ground primary production (NAPP); Carex subspathecea; plant-herbivore interactions; Napp; Subarctic
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10315/18773

Masters Thesis completed in 1988 by D. S. Hik at the University of Toronto. Supervised by Dr. R.L. Jefferies. SUMMARY: 1.The effects of grazing by captive goslings of the Lesser Snow Goose on the vegetation of La Pérouse Bay salt marsh were investigated. Goslings fed on swards of Puccinellia phrygan...