Response of arctic sedges to release from grazing: leaf elongation in two species of Carex

• Main Authors: Kotanen, P.M., Jefferies, R.L.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: Carex xflavicans; Carex subspathacea; ungrazed; geese; la Pérouse Bay; arctic sedges; elongation; regeneration; photosynthetic; Manitoba; leaves; leaf; Arctic; La Pérouse Bay
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10315/20776

We have used demographic methods to determine whether increased rates of leaf elongation occur in two sedges, Carex subspathacea Wormsk and Carex xflavicans Nyl., when heavily grazed by Lesser Snow Geese (Chen caerulescens caerules- cens (L.)) at La Perouse Bay, Manitoba. Rates of elongation of leav...