The biogeochemistry of blue, snow, and Ross' geese

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Series: Illinois Natural History Survey special publication, 1

By

Hanson, Harold C. (Harold Carsten), 1917-2003

Jones, Robert L. (Robert Lewis), 1936- , author

Type

Book

Material

Published material

Publication info

Carbondale, Published by Southern Illinois University Press for the Illinois Natural History Survey, ©1976

Notes

Contents: Geographic origins of wild geese -- The biogeochemical approach -- Samples, analytical procedures, and data analyses -- Some soil and plant relationships and biogeochemical parameters -- Geology, soils, and feather mineral patterns -- Differences in feather mineral patterns and origins of migrant and wintering geese -- Previous studies of keratin and factors affecting feather mineral patterns -- The biogeochemistry of feather minerals -- Wild geese and their mineral environment.

Postulates a new technique - feather mineral pattern analysis - for determining the geographic origins and distribution of wild goose populations.

Subjects

biogeochemistry , Birds , Feathers , Geese , Hudson Bay , Racial analysis , Ross's goose , Snow goose , Waterfowl management

Call Number

QH105.I3 I36 no. 1

Classification

598.4/1

Language

English

Identifiers

ISBN: 0809307510
ISBN: 9780809307517
LCCN: https://lccn.loc.gov/76046617
NAL: QL696.A52H36 1976
OCLC: 2525208