First pairing in Snow Geese Anser caerulescens: At what age and at what time of year does it occur?

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Volumn 147, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 57-66

  Ganter, Barbara ^a   Boyd, W Sean ^b   Baranyuk, Vasily V ^a   Cooke, Fred ^c  

^a Environment Canada RR1 ^*  (Russian Federation)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c Larkins Cottage   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; MIGRATORY SPECIES; PAIR BOND; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; WATERFOWL;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; MAGADAN [RUSSIAN FEDERATION]; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; WORLD; WRANGEL ISLAND;

ANSER; ANSER CAERULESCENS; ANSER SP.; AVES; CHEN;

EID: 13444302499     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919x.2004.00341     Document Type: Article

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