Staging site fidelity of greenland white-fronted geese anser albifrons flavirostris in iceland: Based upon resighting histories of marked individuals, a high level of site loyalty was found for greenland white-fronted geese staging in icelandic stopover areas in spring and autumn

Bird Study

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 42-49

  Fox, A D ^a   Hilmarsson, J O ^b   Einarsson, O ^c   Walsh, A J ^d   Boyd, H ^e   Kristiansen, J N ^f  

^a PO B   (Denmark)

^b Símonarhús   (Iceland)

^c ICELANDIC INSTITUTE OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Iceland)

^d Wexford Wildfowl Reserve   (Ireland)

^e ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Anser

Indexed keywords

MIGRATION; SITE FIDELITY; STOPOVER; WATERFOWL;

ICELAND;

ANAS; ANATIDAE; ANSER; ANSER ALBIFRONS; ANSER ALBIFRONS FLAVIROSTRIS; ANSER SP.; AVES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036238458     PISSN: 00063657     EISSN: 19446705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00063650209461243     Document Type: Article

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