Does body size influence nest attendance? A comparison of Ross's geese (Chen rossii) and the larger, sympatric lesser snow geese (C. caerulescens caerulescens)

Journal of Ornithology

Volumn 148, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 549-555

  Jónsson, Jón Einar ^a,b   Afton, Alan D ^a   Alisauskas, Ray T ^c  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Body size; Endogenous reserves; Geese; Incubation; Nest attendance

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BIRD; BODY SIZE; FEMALE; INCUBATION; NEST STRUCTURE; PHYSIOLOGY;

CANADA; KARRAK LAKE; NORTH AMERICA; NUNAVUT;

ANATIDAE; ANSER; ANSER ROSSII; CHEN; CHEN ROSSII;

EID: 34848883363     PISSN: 21937192     EISSN: 21937206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10336-007-0169-6     Document Type: Article

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