Migration Reversal: A Regular Phenomenon of Canada Geese
Migration from a nesting to a wintering ground and back again in autumn was detected each year during a 3-year study of individually identifiable Canada geese ( Branta canadensis ). Reverse migrants were primarily yearling, nonbreeding individuals and others of nonfamily status.
| Published in: | Science |
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| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | English |
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American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
1976
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.193.4248.153 https://www.science.org/doi/pdf/10.1126/science.193.4248.153 |
| Summary: | Migration from a nesting to a wintering ground and back again in autumn was detected each year during a 3-year study of individually identifiable Canada geese ( Branta canadensis ). Reverse migrants were primarily yearling, nonbreeding individuals and others of nonfamily status. |
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