Circumpolar variation in morphological characteristics of Greater White-fronted Geese Anser albifrons

Bird Study

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 104-119

  Ely, Craig R ^a   Fox, Anthony D ^b   Alisauskas, Ray T ^c   Andreev, Alexander ^d   Bromley, Robert G ^e   Degtyarev, A G ^e   Ebbinge, Barwolt ^f   Gurtovaya, E N ^g   Kerbes, Richard ^c   Kondratyev, Alexander V ^h   Kostin, Igor ⁱ   Krechmar, Arseni V ^d   Litvin, Konstantin E ^g   Miyabayashi, Yoshihiko ^j   Moou, Johan H ^k   Oates, Russell M ^l   Orthmeyer, Dennis L ^m   Sabano, Yutaka ⁿ   Simpson, S Gay ^e   Solovieva, Diana V ^o   Spindler, Michael A ^p   Syroechkovsky, Ye V ^g   Takekawa, John Y ^q   Walsh, Alyn ^r   more..

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b Natl Environ Research Institute   (Denmark)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^d INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGICAL PROBLEMS OF THE NORTH   (Russian Federation)

^e Box 1177 ^*

^f WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^g Bird Ringing Centre   (Russian Federation)

^h ST PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

ⁱ Central Research Laboratory of Game Management and Natural Resources   (Russian Federation)

^j Japan Assoc Wild Geese Protect   (Japan)

^k Biologische Station im Kreis Wesel   (Germany)

^l U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

^m California Waterfowl Association   (United States)

ⁿ Japanese Association for Wild Geese Protection   (Japan)

^o Wrangel Island State Reserve   (Russian Federation)

^p US Fish and Wildlife Service   (United States)

^q U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^r National Parks and Wildlife Service Ireland   (Ireland)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; MORPHOLOGY;

ANSER; ANSER ALBIFRONS; ANSER SP.; AVES; NEARCTIC; PHYLO; SCHOENOPLECTUS ACUTUS VAR. OCCIDENTALIS;

EID: 21244454848     PISSN: 00063657     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00063650509461380     Document Type: Article

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