Title
The biogeochemistry of blue, snow, and Ross' geese
Related Titles
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
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