Grit-site selection of Black Brant: Particle size or calcium content?

Wilson Bulletin

Volumn 116, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 304-313

  Lee, Derek E ^a,b   Hamman, Matthew G ^a,c   Black, Jeffrey M ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PRBO CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United States)

^c Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; DIET; SITE SELECTION; WATERFOWL;

AVES; BRANTA; BRANTA BERNICLA; BRANTA BERNICLA NIGRICANS;

EID: 13944278898     PISSN: 00435643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1676/04-058     Document Type: Article

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