We examine the interactions between herbivores, plants and climatic factors in arctic wetlands using, as a case study, results of our research on grazing by snow geese on Bylot Island. During the summer, geese are the most important herbivore on the island and consume a high proportion of the annual graminoid production (grasses and sedges). Herbivores can sometimes enhance plant production by increasing the turnover rate of nitrogen, a nutrient which commonly limits growth of arctic plants. However, we found no evidence of positive feedback of grazing on plant growth and, on the contrary, chronic goose grazing tended to decrease production of these ecosystems in the long term. Geese need large quantities of high-quality plants to breed suc...
Abstract. The North American mid-continent population of Lesser snow geese (Chen caerulescens caerul...
The effects of grazing by barnacle geese Branta leucopsis on arctic vegetation was studied. Two plot...
Climate change is expected to continue to cause large increases in temperature in Arctic and sub-Arc...
The Ninth Symposium on Polar Science/Ordinary sessions: [OB] Polar biology, Wed. 5 Dec. / 2F Auditor...
Arctic-nesting geese are specialist herbivores of grasses and sedges (collectively, graminoids). Und...
ulaval.ca Abstract Geese are large, herbivorous birds that graze in huge flocks in ways that may hav...
Abstract Changes in summer temperatures in Arctic Alaska have led to longer and warmer growing seaso...
Greening of the Arctic due to climate warming may provide herbivores with richer food supplies, resu...
Studies in the Canadian Arctic show dramatic effects of increased goose grazing on vegetation struct...
Resilience of tundra vegetation to disturbance by herbivores can be low and lead to ecosystem state...
Dissertation (Ph.D.) University of Alaska Fairbanks, 1996I examined effects of herbivory by black br...
Migratory geese breed in Svalbard in summer and return to Western Europe for the winter, feeding on ...
SYNOPSIS. We examined the role of trophic interactions in structuring a high arctic tundra community...
The effects of grazing by barnacle geese Branta leucopsis on arctic vegetation was studied. Two plot...
Migratory animals link and often have profound impacts on geographically distant ecosystems through ...
Abstract. The North American mid-continent population of Lesser snow geese (Chen caerulescens caerul...
The effects of grazing by barnacle geese Branta leucopsis on arctic vegetation was studied. Two plot...
Climate change is expected to continue to cause large increases in temperature in Arctic and sub-Arc...
The Ninth Symposium on Polar Science/Ordinary sessions: [OB] Polar biology, Wed. 5 Dec. / 2F Auditor...
Arctic-nesting geese are specialist herbivores of grasses and sedges (collectively, graminoids). Und...
ulaval.ca Abstract Geese are large, herbivorous birds that graze in huge flocks in ways that may hav...
Abstract Changes in summer temperatures in Arctic Alaska have led to longer and warmer growing seaso...
Greening of the Arctic due to climate warming may provide herbivores with richer food supplies, resu...
Studies in the Canadian Arctic show dramatic effects of increased goose grazing on vegetation struct...
Resilience of tundra vegetation to disturbance by herbivores can be low and lead to ecosystem state...
Dissertation (Ph.D.) University of Alaska Fairbanks, 1996I examined effects of herbivory by black br...
Migratory geese breed in Svalbard in summer and return to Western Europe for the winter, feeding on ...
SYNOPSIS. We examined the role of trophic interactions in structuring a high arctic tundra community...
The effects of grazing by barnacle geese Branta leucopsis on arctic vegetation was studied. Two plot...
Migratory animals link and often have profound impacts on geographically distant ecosystems through ...
Abstract. The North American mid-continent population of Lesser snow geese (Chen caerulescens caerul...
The effects of grazing by barnacle geese Branta leucopsis on arctic vegetation was studied. Two plot...
Climate change is expected to continue to cause large increases in temperature in Arctic and sub-Arc...