Environmental effects on body size of Canada Geese

Auk

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 26-33

  Leafloor, James O ^a   Ankney, C Davison ^b   Rusch, Donald H ^c  

^a ONTARIO MINISTRY OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABIOTIC FACTOR; BODY SIZE; CANADA GOOSE; FOOD AVAILABILITY;

AKIMISKI ISLAND; CANADA; JAMES BAY; NORTHWEST TERRITORIES; ONTARIO;

BRANTA CANADENSIS INTERIOR;

EID: 0031933237     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4089108     Document Type: Article

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