Effects of predation risk on site selection of barnacle geese during brood-rearing

Norsk Polarinstitutt, Skrifter

Volumn , Issue 200, 1998, Pages 91-98

  Stahl, Julia ^a   Loonen, Maarten J J E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

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