The Great Basin Canada goose in southcentral Washington: A 40-year nesting history

• Main Authors: Fitzner, R. E., Rickard, W. H., Eberhardt, L. E., Gray, R. H.
• Other Authors: United States. Department of Energy.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Pacific Northwest Laboratory 1991
• Subjects: Populations; Animals; Eggs; 220700 > Nuclear Reactor Technology > Plutonium & Isotope Production Reactors; Population Density; Hatching; 21 Specific Nuclear Reactors And Associated Plants; Vertebrates 550100* > Behavioral Biology; Surface Waters; Biological Indicators; Geese; 22 General Studies Of Nuclear Reactors; Islands; Habitat; Us Organizations; Production Reactors; Streams; Reactors; Columbia River; National Organizations; 59 Basic Biological Sciences; Plutonium Production Reactors; Ecology; Fowl; Us Erda; Rivers; Hanford Production Reactors; Hanford Reservation; Birds; Population Dynamics; Us Doe; 220500 > Nuclear Reactor Technology > Environmental Aspects; Environmental Impacts; Historical Aspects; Canada; River Islands; Branta canadensis; Canada Goose
• Online Access: https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1055454/

Overall, the nesting population of Great Basin Canada geese (Branta canadensis moffitti) on the Hanford Site in southcentral Washington State is doing well and appears to be increasing. The average annual total nests for the period 1981 through 1990 was 215 nests, which is slightly above the average...