Incidence of embedded shotgun pellets and inferred hunting kill amongst Russian/Baltic barnacle geese Branta leucopsis

European Journal of Wildlife Research

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 77-80

  Holm, Thomas Eske ^a   Madsen, Jesper ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Crippling; Harvest rate; Hunting bag; Infliction rate; Pink footed geese; X ray

Indexed keywords

ANSER; ANSER BRACHYRHYNCHUS; AVES; BRANTA LEUCOPSIS; THORACICA;

EID: 84872779083     PISSN: 16124642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10344-012-0649-8     Document Type: Article

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