Habitat preference of geese is affected by livestock grazing - Seasonal variation in an experimental field evaluation

Wildlife Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 67-72

  Mandema, Freek S ^a   Tinbergen, Joost M ^a   Stahl, Julia ^b   Esselink, Peter ^a   Bakker, Jan P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b SOVON DUTCH CENTRE FOR FIELD ORNITHOLOGY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 84893720636     PISSN: 09096396     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2981/wlb.13046     Document Type: Article

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