Feeding ecology of greater snow goose goslings in mesic tundra on Bylot Island, Nunavut, Canada

Condor

Volumn 109, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 361-376

  Audet, Benoît ^a,c   Gauthier, Gilles ^a,c   Lévesque, Esther ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À TROIS RIVIÈRES   (Canada)

^c CENTRE D ÉTUDES NORDIQUES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Diet; Food quality; Food selection; Greater Snow Goose; Mesic tundra

Indexed keywords

ANSER; CHEN; CHEN CAERULESCENS ATLANTICA; FABACEAE; JUNCACEAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; POACEAE; POLYGONACEAE;

EID: 34248653741     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1650/0010-5422(2007)109[361:FEOGSG]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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