Arctic climate, spring nutrition, and recruitment in midcontinent lesser snow geese

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 181-193

  Alisauskas, Ray T ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arctic; Body size; Chen caerulescens; Density dependence; Nutrient reserves; Nutrition; Productivity; Recruitment; Snow geese; Spring migration

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; CLIMATE EFFECT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; RECRUITMENT; SURVIVAL; WATERFOWL; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

CANADA; MANITOBA;

ANAS; ANATIDAE; ANSER; ANSER SP.; CHEN CAERULESCENS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036182940     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3802884     Document Type: Article

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