Are abdominal profiles useful to assess body condition of spring staging greater snow geese?

Condor

Volumn 107, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 694-702

  Féret, Matthieu ^a   Bêty, Joël ^a   Gauthier, Gilles ^a   Giroux, Jean François ^b   Picard, Gérald ^a  

^a CENTRE D ÉTUDES NORDIQUES   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Abdominal profiles; Body condition; Calibration; Fat reserves; Hunting disturbance; Nutrient storage; Snow geese

Indexed keywords

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

EID: 23744434151     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1650/0010-5422(2005)107[0694:AAPUTA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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