Seasonal and sexual differences in migration timing and fat deposition in the Greater White-fronted Goose

Ornithological Science

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 75-82

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b Environmental Management Division   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR AGRO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^d Miyajimanuma Waterbirds and Wetland Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

Staging; Stay length; Stopover ecology; Time minimization

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861342830     PISSN: 13470558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2326/osj.9.75     Document Type: Article

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