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Environmental change and the cost of philopatry: An example in the lesser snow goose
Author
Cooch, E. G., R. L. Jefferies, R. F. Rockwell, F. Cooke
Publication Year
1969
Body

Study measured population characteristics and foraging behavior of lesser snow goose (Anser caerulescens caerulescens) at La Perouse Bay, Cape Churchill, Whale River, and Thompson Point along the coast of Manitoba, Canada. Adult and juvenile birds were monitored annually to determine size, sex ratio, and juvenile survival at traditional and non-traditional breeding grounds. Vegetation sampling was conducted in late July of 1991 by collecting salt marsh turf samples and assessing plant biomass. Adjacent fresh water sedge meadows were sampled to determine number of grazed shoots.

Language
en
Keywords
body size
overgrazing
environmental degradation
Anser caerulescens caerulescens
feeding area
lesser snow geese
salt marshes
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