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The role of the giant Canada goose (Branta canadensis maxima) cecum in nutrition [PDF]
, 2018 The entire dissertation/thesis text is included in the research.pdf file; the official abstract appears in the short.pdf file (which also appears in the research.pdf); a non-technical general description, or public abstract, appears in the public.pdf file. ; Title from title screen of research.pdf file viewed on (April 25, 2007) ; Vita. ; Thesis (Ph.D.)
Delia García
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Social information affects Canada goose alert and escape responses to vehicle approach: implications for animal–vehicle collisions [PDF]
PeerJ, 2019 Background Animal–vehicle collisions represent substantial sources of mortality for a variety of taxa and can pose hazards to property and human health.
Bradley F. Blackwell +5 more
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Maternal resource variation across the laying sequence in Canada geese Branta canadensis maxima
Journal of Avian Biology, 2009 Variation in maternal investments to offspring presumably reflects an optimization of resource allocation such that a female's fitness is maximized. In birds, both egg size and yolk constituents are examples of resources that can vary among offspring within a clutch.
Todd A. Boonstra +2 more
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Occurrence of twin embryos in the eastern bluebird. [PDF]
PeerJ, 2014 We report the first record of presumed twinning in eastern bluebird (Sialia sialis) and provide a review of previously reported twinning events in wild birds. A nest containing twin eastern bluebird nestlings was monitored in 2013 in central Pennsylvania
Bailey RL, Clark GE.
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Canada goose nest survival at rural wetlands in north‐central Iowa [PDF]
Wildlife Society Bulletin, 2016 The last comprehensive nest survival study of the breeding giant Canada goose (Branta canadensis maxima) population in Iowa, USA, was conducted >30 years ago during a period of population recovery, during which available nesting habitat consisted ...
Brenna N. Ness, Robert W. Klaver
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Carpometacarpal Deformity in Giant Canada Geese (Branta canadensis maxima Delacour) [PDF]
Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 1984 T J, Kreeger, M M, Walser
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Changes in Distribution of Canada Geese Nesting in Arkansas
Human-Wildlife Interactions, 2017 The reintroduced Canada goose (Branta canadensis) population in Arkansas has grown in range and abundance in recent decades. We determined the geographic range of Arkansas resident Canada geese from 2004 to 2012 using volume contour maps from citizen ...
M. Eliese Ronke, David G. Krementz
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Nest-Site Selection and Nesting Ecology of Giant Canada Geese in Central Tennessee
Human-Wildlife Interactions, 2017 Little information is available on giant Canada goose (Branta canadensis maxima) nest-site selection on isolated nesting ponds. We monitored 46 island and 72 shoreline nests in the Upper Cumberland (UC) region of central Tennessee during 2002 and 2003 ...
Jason S. Carbaugh +2 more
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