Population models for Greater Snow Geese: A comparison of different approaches to assess potential impacts of harvest

Animal Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 503-514

  Gauthier, Gilles ^a   Lebreton, Jean Dominique ^b  

^a CENTRE D ÉTUDES NORDIQUES   (Canada)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Generation time; Greater Snow Geese; Hunting mortality; Kalman Filter; Population model; Transition matrix

Indexed keywords

POPULATION MODELING;

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

EID: 21844469281     PISSN: 1578665X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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