Impact of hunting on population growth of mid-continent Lesser Snow Geese

Occasional Paper of the Canadian Wildlife Service

Volumn , Issue 102, 2000, Pages 17-31

  Cooke, Fred ^a   Francis, Charles M ^b   Cooch, Evan G ^a,c   Alisauskas, Ray ^d  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Bird Studies Canada   (Canada)

^c Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^d ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUNTING; POPULATION GROWTH; WATERFOWL;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 0034055040     PISSN: 05766370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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