Improving use of morphometric discrimination to identify Canada goose subspecies

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 274-280

  Thompson, Jonathan E ^a,c   Hill, Michael R J ^a,d   Merendino, M Todd ^b   Ankney, C Davison ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT   (United States)

^c DUCKS UNLIMITED CANADA   (Canada)

^d ARKANSAS GAME AND FISH COMMISSION   (United States)

Author keywords

Branta canadensis interior; Branta canadensis maxima; Canada geese; Discriminant function analysis; Growth; Identification; Morphology

Indexed keywords

IDENTIFICATION METHOD; MORPHOMETRY; WATERFOWL;

BRANTA CANADENSIS;

EID: 0032852216     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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