Assessment of a Western Canada Goose translocation: Landscape use, movement patterns and population viability

• Main Authors: Kenneth M. Griggs, Jeffrey M. Black
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: International Canada Goose Symposium 2004
• Subjects: Landscape use; Translocation; Branta canadensis moffitti; Population viability analysis; Western Canada geese; Emigration; Humboldt Bay; California; British Columbia; Canada; Luukkonen; Moser; Reno; Branta canadensis; Canada Goose
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2148/738

To provide new hunting opportunities in California and reduce nuisance and damage complaints in Nevada, 645 western Canada geese (Branta canadensis moffi tti) were trapped n moffifi near Reno, Nevada, and released on state wildlife areas around Humboldt Bay, California, 1987–1992. Numbers increased...