Factors influencing emigration of Ross's and snow geese from an Arctic breeding area

• Published in: The Journal of Wildlife Management
• Main Authors: Wilson, Scott, Alisauskas, Ray T., Kellett, Dana K.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2015
• Subjects: Arctic; Karrak Lake; Queen Maud Gulf
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jwmg.960; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1002%2Fjwmg.960; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/jwmg.960

ABSTRACT Emigration is one of the most difficult demographic rates to estimate, yet understanding movement among populations has important consequences for wildlife conservation. We studied factors that affected emigration by adult Ross's geese ( Chen rossii ) and lesser snow geese ( C. caerule...