Effects of saline drinking water on early gosling development

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 990-996

  Stolley, Dorie S ^a   Bissonette, John A ^b   Kadlec, John A ^a   Coster, Dan ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Branta canadensis; Canada geese; Fish Springs National Wildlife Refuge; Gosling mortality growth; Morphological development; Salinity; Utah

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; DRINKING WATER; GROWTH; SALINITY; SURVIVAL; WATERFOWL;

UNITED STATES; UTAH;

ANAS; ANSER; ANSER SP.; ANSERIFORMES; BRANTA CANADENSIS; MUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032801573     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3802813     Document Type: Article

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