Spatiotemporal heterogeneity of greater snow goose harvest and implications for hunting regulations

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 561-573

  Calvert, Anna M ^a,c   Gauthier, Gilles ^a   Reed, Austin ^b  

^a CENTRE D ÉTUDES NORDIQUES   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Atlantic Flyway; Chen caerulescens atlantica; Conservation harvest; Greater snow goose; Harvest distribution; Qu bec; Staging distribution; Wintering distribution

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; GAMEBIRD; HARVESTING; MIGRATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

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

EID: 20844433657     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0022-541X(2005)069[0561:SHOGSG]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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