The relationship between abdominal profile index and body condition of Greater White-fronted Geese Anser albifrons

Ornithological Science

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 193-198

  Moriguchi, Sachiko ^a   Amano, Tatsuya ^a   Fujita, Go ^a   Higuchi, Hiroyoshi ^a   Ushiyama, Katsumi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b Environmental Management Division   (Japan)

Author keywords

Abdominal profile index; API; Body condition; Structural size; White fronted Goose

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855304069     PISSN: 13470558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2326/1347-0558(2006)5[193:TRBAPI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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