Changes in plant cover due to Lesser snow geese (Chen caerulescens caerulescens) herbivory along the salt marshes of La Pérouse Bay, Manitoba (58° 45’ N, 93° 30’ W) were measured every year from 1986 until 1997 (except 1983). Ground cover was recorded in June or early July as two categories, either bare sediment or vegetation along permanent transects. Vegetation was measured as plant cover greater than five percent. Goose fecal counts were conducted weekly at the same time as biomass measurements in six, 4m x 4m plots from 1979 and 1999.
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