Conservation assessment for the dusky Canada goose (Branta canadensis occidentalis Baird)

General Technical Reports of the US Department of Agriculture, Forest Service

Volumn , Issue 591, 2003, Pages 1-79

  Bromley, Robert G ^a   Rothe, Thomas C ^b  

^a Whole Arctic Consulting   (Canada)

^b ALASKA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska; Branta canadensis occidentalis; Copper River Delta; Dusky Canada goose; Nest predation; Willamette Valley

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION STATUS; NEST PREDATION; SPECIES CONSERVATION; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

NORTH AMERICA;

ANSER; ANSER SP.; BRANTA; BRANTA CANADENSIS; BRANTA CANADENSIS OCCIDENTALIS;

EID: 1942444418     PISSN: 00929654     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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