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
Summary:
Postulates a new technique - feather mineral pattern analysis - for determining the geographic origins and distribution of wild goose populations.
