Changes in abdominal profiles of Greenland White-fronted Geese during spring staging in Iceland

Wildfowl

Volumn 49, Issue , 1998, Pages 57-71

  Boyd, H ^a   Fox, A D ^b   Kristiansen, J N ^b,f   Stroud, D A ^c   Walsh, A J ^d   Warren, S M ^e  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b Natl Environ Research Institute   (Denmark)

^c JOINT NATURE CONSERVATION COMMITTEE   (United Kingdom)

^d National Parks and Wildlife Service Ireland   (Ireland)

^e Wildfowl Wetlands Trust   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY CONDITION; STOPOVER; WATERFOWL;

ICELAND;

ANSER ALBIFRONS;

EID: 0032442526     PISSN: 09546324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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