Activity budget of an increasing wintering population of Greylag Geese Anser anser in southern France

Wildfowl

Volumn 54, Issue , 2003, Pages 39-49

  Desnouhes, L ^a,b   Pichaud, M ^a   Le Clainche, N ^a   Mesleard, F ^a   Giroux, J F ^c  

^a STATION BIOLOGIQUE DE LA TOUR DU VALAT   (France)

^b OFFICE NATIONAL DE LA CHASSE ET DE LA FAUNE SAUVAGE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Activity budget; Camargue; Greylag Goose; Population size

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; OVERWINTERING; POPULATION SIZE; TIME ALLOCATION; WATERFOWL;

BOUCHES-DU-RHONE; CAMARGUE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; PROVENCE-ALPES-COTE D'AZUR; SAINT SEREN MARSH; WESTERN EUROPE;

ANAS; ANATIDAE; ANSER; ANSER ANSER; ANSER SP.; CHRISTIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 4444376360     PISSN: 09546324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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