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Filtering by: Creator Banowetz, Gary Academic Affiliation Fisheries and Wildlife Subject Cackling goose -- Oregon -- Willamette River Valley -- Metabolism

The role of body size in the foraging strategies and management of avian herbivores : a comparison of dusky Canada geese (Branta canadensis occidentalis) and cackling geese (B. hutchinsii minima) wintering in the Willamette Valley of Oregon

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Mini, Anne E.

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Body size explains much of the interspecific variation in the physiology, behavior, and morphology of birds, such as metabolic rate, diet selection, intake rate, gut size, and bill size. Based on mass-specific metabolic requirements and relative energetic costs of activities, being a certain body size has both advantages and disadvantages....

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Dissertation

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student worthwhile, especially Sara Evans-Peters, Gary Ivey, Amber Johnson, and Chris Malachowski

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The role of body size in the foraging strategies and management of avian herbivores : a comparison of dusky Canada geese (Branta canadensis occidentalis) and cackling geese (B. hutchinsii minima) wintering in the Willamette Valley of Oregon

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