Bioenergetics and nutrition of Mississippi Valley Population Canada geese during winter and migration

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Volumn 146, Issue , 2001, Pages

  Gates, Robert J ^a,b   Caithamer, David F ^a,c   Moritz, William E ^a,d   Tacha, Thomas C ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Michigan Dept of Natural Resources ^*  (United States)

^d MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

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ANSER; ANSER SP.; BRANTA CANADENSIS;

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