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Science 9 July 1976:
Vol. 193. no. 4248, pp. 153 - 154
DOI: 10.1126/science.193.4248.153
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Migration Reversal: A Regular Phenomenon of Canada Geese

DENNIS G. RAVELING 1

1 Canadian Wildlife Service, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada R3T2N6

Migration from a nesting to a wintering ground and back again in autumn was detected each year during a 3-year study of individually identifiable Canada geese (Branta canadensis). Reverse migrants were primarily yearling, nonbreeding individuals and others of nonfamily status.

Submitted on January 9, 1976
Accepted on April 27, 1976

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