Wetland use by wintering geese in the Gulf Coast Plains and Rice Prairie Region of Texas, USA

Wildfowl

Volumn 50, Issue , 1999, Pages 45-56

  Anderson, J T ^a,b   Muehl, G T ^a   Tacha, T C ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY KINGSVILLE   (United States)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Canada Gees; Greater White fronted Geese; Lesser Snow Geese; Ross' Geese; Texas; Wetland Use; Wintering

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GOOSE; HABITAT USE; POPULATION DENSITY; UNITED STATES; WETLAND; WINTERING;

HABITAT USE; OVERWINTERING; WATERFOWL; WETLAND;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033373799     PISSN: 09546324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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