Causes of the redistribution of Pink-Footed Geese Anser brachyrhynchus in Britain

Ibis

Volumn 139, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 497-503

  Gill, Jennifer A ^a   Watkinson, Andrew R ^a   Sutherland, William J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; FOOD AVAILABILITY; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; PINK-FOOTED GOOSE; SUGAR BEET; WINTERING;

ENGLAND; NORFOLK; UK;

ACER PENSYLVANICUM; AMARANTHACEAE; ANSER; ANSER BRACHYRHYNCHUS; ANSER SP.; BETA VULGARIS; BETA VULGARIS SUBSP. VULGARIS; CHENOPODIACEAE;

EID: 0030796095     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.1997.tb04665.x     Document Type: Article

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