Soluble carbohydrate content of shoots of Arctic wetland plants that are consumed by lesser snow geese
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Soluble carbohydrate content of shoots of Arctic wetland plants that are consumed by lesser snow geese
We recorded seasonal changes in the total amounts of soluble carbohydrates in shoots of saltand fresh-water coastal plants at La Pérouse Bay, northern Manitoba, to determine whether adult snow geese and their goslings selected forage rich in soluble carbohydrates during the breeding season. The selection of forage plants in spring and summer by adults and goslings was strongly linked to the pre...
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عنوان ژورنال: Botany
سال: 2008
ISSN: 1916-2790,1916-2804
DOI: 10.1139/b08-051