Migration strategies of Swan Geese Anser cygnoides from northeast Mongolia

Wildfowl

Volumn 61, Issue , 2011, Pages 90-109

  Batbayar, Nyambayar ^a,f   Takekawa, John Y ^b   Newman, Scott H ^c   Prosser, Diann J ^d   Natsagdorj, Tseveenmyadag ^e   Xiao, Xiangming ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS   (Italy)

^d PATUXENT WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^e INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY AND CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (Mongolia)

^f Mongolian Academy of Science   (Mongolia)

Author keywords

Anser cygnoides; East Asian Flyway; Migration; Satellite telemetry; Swan Goose

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SITE; DISTURBANCE; GPS; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; MIGRATION ROUTE; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; POPULATION GROWTH; RADIOTELEMETRY; RESEARCH WORK; SOLAR POWER; URBANIZATION; WATERFOWL;

CHINA; MONGOLIA; YALU RIVER; YANGTZE BASIN;

EID: 83155188484     PISSN: 09546324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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