Autumn migration of light-bellied Brent Geese Branta bernicla hrota through north-west Greenland

Wildfowl

Volumn 48, Issue , 1997, Pages 98-107

  Boertmann, David ^a   Mosbech, Anders ^a   Frimer, Ole ^b  

^a National Environmental Research Institute   (Denmark)

^b NONE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Autumn Migration; Greenland; Light bellied Brent Goose; Staging Areas

Indexed keywords

AUTUMN; BRENT GOOSE; MIGRATION;

GREENLAND;

BRANTA BERNICLA; BRANTA BERNICLA HROTA;

EID: 0031466727     PISSN: 09546324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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