Weights of lesser snow geese taken on their winter range
Journal of Wildlife Management
By: Edward L. Flickinger and E.G. Bolen
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Abstract
Geese are assumed to accumulate fat on the winter range (Bent 1962, Williams 1967) to sustain them through the long northward migration and early part of the nesting season. However, there are no weights given in the literature of lesser snow geese (Anser c. caerulescens) on their winter ranges to compare with weights on the breeding grounds. For many years biologists relied on Kortright (1942) for weights of lesser snow geese, and more recently on Bellrose (1976). In the present study, snow geese from the Garwood Prairie, a rice growing area in Colorado County, Texas, were weighed to determine if weights increased before northward migration. The Garwood Prairie is a segment of the snow goose winter range near the Gulf Coast of Texas.
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| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | Weights of lesser snow geese taken on their winter range |
| Series title | Journal of Wildlife Management |
| DOI | 10.2307/3800367 |
| Volume | 43 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Year Published | 1979 |
| Language | English |
| Contributing office(s) | Patuxent Wildlife Research Center |
| Description | 3 p. |
| First page | 531 |
| Last page | 533 |
| Country | United States |
| State | Texas |
| County | Colorado County |