Spring hunting changes the regional movements of migrating greater snow geese

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 553-564

  Béchet, Arnaud ^a,d   Giroux, Jean Francois ^a   Gauthier, Gilles ^b   Nichols, James D ^c   Hines, James E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b CENTRE D ÉTUDES NORDIQUES   (Canada)

^c PATUXENT WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d Stn Biologique de la Toor du Valat   (France)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Anser caerulescens atlanticus; Capture recapture models; Disturbance; Migration; Stopover

Indexed keywords

DISTURBANCE; HUNTING; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; POPULATION DYNAMICS; WATERFOWL; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

CANADA;

ANAS; ANATIDAE; ANSER; ANSER CAERULESCENS; ANSER SP.; ATLANTICUS; CHEN;

EID: 4244027130     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2664.2003.00812.x     Document Type: Article

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