Effects of neck bands on survival of greater snow geese

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 544-552

  Menu, Stéphane ^a   Hestbeck, Jay B ^b,d   Gauthier, Gilles ^a   Reed, Austin ^c  

^a CENTRE D ÉTUDES NORDIQUES   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^d US Fish & Wildlife Service Massachusetts   (United States)

Author keywords

Band recovery; Capture recapture; Chen caerulescens atlantica; Greater snow goose; Marker; Neck bands; Survival

Indexed keywords

SURVIVAL; TAGGING; WATERFOWL;

BYLOT ISLAND; CANADA; NUNAVUT;

ANAS; ANSER; ANSER CAERULESCENS; ANSER SP.; AVES; CHEN; CHEN CAERULESCENS; CHEN CAERULESCENS ATLANTICA; CHENCHRUS;

EID: 0034004994     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3803252     Document Type: Article

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