Wintering strategies of an Arctic-nesting goose: costs of migration and over-wintering for Pacific black brant

• Main Author: Mather, Danielle D.
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2005
• Subjects: Arctic; Baja; Brant; Fairbanks; Pacific; Branta bernicla; Alaska
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11122/5932

Thesis (M.S.) University of Alaska Fairbanks, 2005 Birds wintering in different climates may have different strategies for storing and using energy. We documented changes in body morphology and composition of Pacific Black Brant (Branta bernicla nigricans) wintering in Alaska and Baja California and...