Habitat use and site fidelity of Svalbard light-bellied brent geese Branta bernicla hrota at Lindisfarne: Exploitation of a novel food resource

Norsk Polarinstitutt, Skrifter

Volumn , Issue 200, 1998, Pages 295-301

  Percival, Steve M ^a   Anderson, Guy Q A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUNDERLAND   (United Kingdom)

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