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Description: |
xviii, 281 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm. |
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Bibliography Note: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-274) and index. |
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Contents Note: |
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. |
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Summary, Etc. Note: |
Summary: Postulates a new technique - feather mineral pattern analysis - for determining the geographic origins and distribution of wild goose populations. |
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Elect. Loc./Access: |
Contributor biographical information http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0801/76046617-b.html |