Effect of a spring hunt on nutrient storage by greater snow geese in southern Quebec

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 796-807

  Féret, Matthieu ^a   Gauthier, Gilles ^a   Béchet, Arnaud ^b,d   Giroux, Jean François ^b   Hobson, Keith A ^c  

^a CENTRE D ÉTUDES NORDIQUES   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^d STATION BIOLOGIQUE DE LA TOUR DU VALAT   (France)

Author keywords

Body condition; Carbon 13; Chen caerulescens atlantica; Disturbance; Fat reserves; Greater snow geese; Nutrient storage; Protein reserves; Quebec; Spring hunt; Stable isotope

Indexed keywords

DISTURBANCE; FEEDING; HUNTING; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; WATERFOWL;

CANADA; QUEBEC;

ANATIDAE; ANSER; CHEN; CHEN CAERULESCENS; CHEN CAERULESCENS ATLANTICA; VERTEBRATA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0037837633     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3802687     Document Type: Article

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