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Ecological Aspects of the Blue-snow Goose Complex
T}tE taxonomic relationship of the Blue Goose (Chen caerulesceus cacrulescens) and the Lesser Snow' Goose (Chcn hyperborca hyperborea) has long created controversy among avian systematists, e.g., Blaauw (1908), Soper (1930), Sutton (1932), Manning (1942), and Manning et aI. (1956). I believe that the two forms are conspecific and that the species consists of two subspecies: a large form, Chcn c...
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younger birds laying slightly smaller eggs in each position within the laying sequence. Some physiological maturation process was probably responsible for the smaller eggs younger birds laid because the pattern held within individuals. However, changes in egg size and shape may be due to breeding experience rather than age itself. We detected no evidence for age-specific differences in egg size...
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Invasive and overabundant species are an increasing threat to biodiversity and ecosystem functioning world-wide. As such, large amounts of money are spent each year on attempts to control them. These efforts can, however, be thwarted if exploitation is compensated demographically or if populations simply become too numerous for management to elicit an effective and rapid functional response. We...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Blue Jay
سال: 1978
ISSN: 2562-5667,0006-5099
DOI: 10.29173/bluejay4410