Overwintering diet of Greylag Goose Anser anser in Camargue (France, Mediterranean);Régime alimentaire hivernal de l'Oie cendrée Anser anser en Camargue (France, Méditerranée)

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Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 329-334

  Desnouhes, Laurent ^a,b,c   Lepley, Michel ^a,b,c  

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

^b OFFICE NATIONAL DE LA CHASSE ET DE LA FAUNE SAUVAGE   (France)

^c PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

Camargue (France); Greylag Goose; Methodology; Overwintering diet; Scirpus maritimus

Indexed keywords

DIET; OVERWINTERING; WATERFOWL;

BOUCHES-DU-RHONE; CAMARGUE; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; PROVENCE-ALPES-COTE D'AZUR; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

ANSER; ANSER ANSER; ANSER SP.; SCHOENOPLECTUS MARITIMUS; SCIRPUS;

EID: 11944264644     PISSN: 00024619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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