Body condition and spring migration in female high-arctic barnacle geese Branta leucopsis

Wildlife Biology

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 247-251

  Tombre, Ingunn M ^a   Erikstad, Kjell E ^a   Gabrielsen, Geir W ^b   Strann, Karl Birger ^a   Black, Jeffrey M ^c  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^c WILDFOWL AND WETLANDS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Barnacle geese; Body condition; Breeding ground; Migration; Spring staging area

Indexed keywords

ANSER; ANSER SP.; BRANTA LEUCOPSIS; THORACICA;

EID: 0030428164     PISSN: 09096396     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2981/wlb.1996.027     Document Type: Article

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