Observations of geese foraging for clam shells during spring on the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, Alaska

Wilson Bulletin

Volumn 110, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 411-413

  Flint, Paul L ^a   Fowler, Ada C ^a   Bottitta, Grace E ^a   Schamber, Jason ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; MOLLUSC; SHELL; WATERFOWL;

UNITED STATES;

BIVALVIA; MACOMA BALTHICA;

EID: 0031696865     PISSN: 00435643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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