Goose hunter opinions concerning proposed management actions to reduce the mid-continent population of lesser snow geese

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 109-114

  Olsen, Richard E ^a   Afton, Alan D ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arkansas; Chen caerulescens caerulescens; Chen rossii; Electronic calls; Hunter survey; Iowa; Lesser snow geese; Louisiana; Population control; Ross's geese

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032840606     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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