Author : Fred Cooke
Release : 1995
Genre : History
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 649/5 ( reviews)
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Book Synopsis The Snow Geese of La Pérouse Bay by : Fred Cooke
Download or read book The Snow Geese of La Pérouse Bay written by Fred Cooke. This book was released on 1995. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This unique title evaluates the results from one of the most significant long-term studies of birds in the late twentieth century. The authors evaluate the working of natural selection on Snow Goose plumage colour, seasonal timing of breeding, clutch size, egg size and body size.With information gathered over 26 years on 40,000 individually marked adult geese, 45,000 nests and more than 110,000 goslings at one colony in northern Manitoba, this work is a landmark in avian biology and population genetics.