TABLE 6. Number of Canada goose nests per hectare on the most densely nested 

 islands in each study section surveyed along the lower Yellowstone River in 



1975 and 1976. 



CONVERSIONS: 1 ha = 2.47 acres 



1 nest/ha = .405 nest/acre 



TABLE 7. Density of Canada goose nests on islands from studies conducted in 



other areas. 



Source 



Bowhay (1972) 



Culbertson et al . (1971) 



Hanson and Browning (1959) 



Hanson and Eberhardt (1971 



Hanson and Oliver (1951) 



Kossack (1950) 



Naylor (1953) 



Vermeer (1969) 



Williams et al. (1948) 



Witt (1955) 



Yocum et al . (1956) 



CONVERSIONS: 1 nest/ha - .405 nest/acre 



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