Molt migration in relation to breeding success in greater snow geese

Arctic

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 76-81

  Reed, Eric T ^a,b   Bêty, Joël ^a,c   Mainguy, Julien ^a   Gauthier, Gilles ^a   Giroux, Jean François ^d  

^a CENTRE D ÉTUDES NORDIQUES   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Breeding effort; Chen caerulescens atlantica; Greater snow goose; Migration; Molt; Nesting success; Nunavut; Telemetry

Indexed keywords

BREEDING; MIGRATION; MOLT; NESTING SUCCESS; RADIOTELEMETRY; REPRODUCTIVE STATUS; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; WATERFOWL;

BYLOT ISLAND; CANADA; NUNAVUT;

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

EID: 0037647488     PISSN: 00040843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14430/arctic604     Document Type: Article

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