Survival of young Greater Snow Geese (Chen caerulescens atlantica) during fall migration

Auk

Volumn 122, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 479-496

  Menu, Stéphane ^a,c   Gauthier, Gilles ^a   Reed, Austin ^b  

^a CENTRE D ÉTUDES NORDIQUES   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c Bruce Peninsula Bird Observatory   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chen caerulescens atlantica; Greater Snow Geese; Migration; Survival; Young

Indexed keywords

JUVENILE; MIGRATION; SURVIVAL; WATERFOWL;

BYLOT ISLAND; CANADA; CAP TOURMENTE NATIONAL WILDLIFE AREA; NORTH AMERICA; NUNAVUT; QUEBEC [CANADA]; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

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

EID: 18744386989     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1642/0004-8038(2005)122[0479:SOYGSG]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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