Flyways of North Atlantic light-bellied brent geese Branta bernicla hrota reassessed by satellite telemetry

Norsk Polarinstitutt, Skrifter

Volumn , Issue 200, 1998, Pages 235-249

  Clausen, Preben ^a   Bustnes, Jan Ove ^b  

^a Natl Environ Research Institute   (Denmark)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

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