Growth of black brant and lesser snow goose goslings in northern alaska

• Published in: The Journal of Wildlife Management
• Main Authors: Hupp, Jerry W., Ward, David H., Hogrefe, Kyle R., Sedinger, James S., Martin, Philip D., Stickney, Alice A., Obritschkewitsch, Tim
• Other Authors: U.S. Geological Survey
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2017
• Subjects: Branta bernicla; Hudson Bay; Kuskokwim; Alaska; Yukon
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jwmg.21246; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1002%2Fjwmg.21246; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/jwmg.21246; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full-xml/10.1002/jwmg.21246; https://wildlife.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/am-pdf/10.1002/jwmg.21246

ABSTRACT Gosling body mass can affect first year survival, recruitment, adult body size, and future fecundity of geese, and can serve as an indicator of forage availability and quality on brood‐rearing areas. From 2012–2014 we measured body mass of 76 black brant ( Branta bernicla nigricans ) and 26...