Influence of body size and condition on harvest and survival of juvenile Canada geese

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 530-541

  Hill, Michael R J ^a,d   Alisauskas, Ray T ^b   Ankney, C Davison ^a   Leafloor, James O ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c ONTARIO MINISTRY OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Canada)

^d DUCKS UNLIMITED CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Akimiski Island; Band recovery; Body condition; Body size; Branta canadensis; Canada goose; Gosling; Growth; Hunting; Mortality; Southern James Bay Population; Survival

Indexed keywords

BODY CONDITION; BODY SIZE; GAMEBIRD; HUNTING; MORTALITY; SURVIVAL;

AKIMISKI ISLAND; CANADA; NUNAVUT;

ANAS; ANATIDAE; ANSER; ANSER SP.; AVES; BRANTA; BRANTA CANADENSIS; BRANTA CANADENSIS INTERIOR; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0041813185     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3802711     Document Type: Article

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