Population development and changes in winter site use by the Svalbard light-bellied brent goose, Branta bernicla hrota 1980-1994

Biological Conservation

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 157-165

  Clausen, Preben ^a   Madsen, Jesper ^a   Percival, Steve M ^b   O'Connor, David ^c   Anderson, Guy Q A ^b  

^a Natl Environ Research Institute   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUNDERLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c NATURAL ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brent goose; Distribution; Phenology; Population; Survival

Indexed keywords

FOOD AVAILABILITY; HABITAT USE; POPULATION CHANGE; WINTERING;

SVALBARD;

BRANTA BERNICLA; BRANTA BERNICLA HROTA; ZOSTERA;

EID: 0032080570     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(97)00097-9     Document Type: Article

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