Body mass and abdominal profile index in captive Hawaiian Geese

Wildfowl

Volumn 53, Issue , 2002, Pages 67-77

  Zillich, U ^a   Black, J ^b  

^a Humboldt State University ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Abdominal Profile Index; API; Body mass; Branta sandvicensis; Endangered species; England; Goose studies; Hawaiian Goose; Mass variation

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; BREEDING; ENDANGERED SPECIES; MONITORING; WATERFOWL;

ANAS; ANATIDAE; ANIMALIA; ANSER; ANSER SP.; AVES; BRANTA; BRANTA SANDVICENSIS; HAWAIIA; NESOCHEN; NESOCHEN SANDVICENSIS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0038036519     PISSN: 09546324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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