Migration patterns of black brant in Boundary Bay, British Columbia

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1522-1532

  Reed, Eric T ^a,c   Cooch, Evan G ^a   Cooke, Fred ^a   Goudie, R Ian ^b,d  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c CENTRE D ÉTUDES NORDIQUES   (Canada)

^d NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Brant; Branta bernicla nigricans; British Columbia; Hunting regulations; Mark resight; Migration; Spring; Survival; Winter

Indexed keywords

HUNTING; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; WATERFOWL; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

BOUNDARY BAY; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA;

ANAS; ANATIDAE; ANSER; ANSERIFORMES; AVES; BRANTA; BRANTA BERNICLA; BRANTA BERNICLA NIGRICANS;

EID: 0031755750     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3802019     Document Type: Article

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