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Data for Determining Age of Barrow's Goldeneye (Bucephala islandica) from External Characteristics, Alaska and Canada, 2007-2015

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These data describe an exercise in which known age and sex class of 100 Barrow's goldeneyes (Bucephala islandica), determined by expert examination bursa and plumage, was contrasted with age and sex classes estimated from photos by trained observers.

Author(s): Lewis, T. L.; Esler, D.

Suggested Citation:
Lewis, T. L. and Esler, D., 2020, Data for determining age of Barrow's Goldeneye (Bucephala islandica) from external characteristics, Alaska and Canada, 2007-2015: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P92GRT3C.

Referenced Publication(s):

Lewis, T. L., D. Esler, D. Hogan, W. S. Boyd, T. D. Bowman, and J. Thompson. 2020. Reliability of External Characteristics to Age Barrow's Goldeneye. Wildlife Society Bulletin 44(4):654-661. doi:10.1002/wsb.1123


DataID: 331 | doi:10.5066/P92GRT3C | Date Posted Online: 2020-09-21 | Last Updated: 2020-09-21 12:07:11

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