Feeding ecology of barnacle geese on their spring staging grounds in northern Iceland

Ecography

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 461-465

  Percival, S M ^a   Percival, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUNDERLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARNACLE GOOSE; FORAGING BEHAVIOUR; HABITAT USE; MIGRATION; STAGING GROUND;

ICELAND;

ANSER; ANSER SP.; AVES; BRANTA LEUCOPSIS; THORACICA;

EID: 0030846319     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.1997.tb00413.x     Document Type: Article

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