Variation in the belly barrings of the Greenland White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons flavirostris

Wildfowl

Volumn 50, Issue , 1999, Pages 21-28

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b D   (Denmark)

^c Wexford Wildlife Reserve   (Ireland)

^d ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^e JOINT NATURE CONSERVATION COMMITTEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Greenland White fronted Geese; Plumage variation (belly barring)

Indexed keywords

AGE-RELATED DIFFERENCE; ANNUAL VARIATION; PLUMAGE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; WATERFOWL;

GREENLAND;

ANSER ALBIFRONS;

EID: 0033369307     PISSN: 09546324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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