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Austin, J. E. 1988. Wintering ecology of Canada geese
	in northcentral Missouri. Ph.D. Thesis, Univ. Mo.,	 
        Columbia. 483pp.                                                                     

Bell, R. Q., and W. D. Klimstra. 1970, Feeding activities
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Bent, A. C. 1925. Life histories of North American
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Buckley, C. E. 1989. The nutritional quality of selected                    
        rowcrop and moist-soil seeds for Canada geese.
	M.S. Thesis, Univ. Mo., Columbia. 69pp.

Burton, B. A., R. J. Hudson, and D. G. Bragg. 1979.		
        Efficiency of utilization of bulrush rhizomes by lesser
	snow geese. J. Wildl. Manage. 43:728-735.

Delnicki, D., and K. J. Reinecke. 1986. Mid-winter food	 
        use and bodyweights of mallards and wood ducks in                          
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Durant, A. J. 1956. Impaction and pressure necrosis in
        Canada geese due to eating dry hulled soybeans. J.			      
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Eggeman, D. R., D. D. Humburg, D. A. Graber, and L. J.
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Fredrickson, L. H., and T. S. Taylor. 1982. Management
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Glazener, W. C. 1946. Food habits of wild geese on the
	gulf coast of Texas. J. Wildl. Manage. 10:322-329.		

Hankla, D. J., and R. R. Rudolph. 1967. Changes in the
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	of the Atlantic and Mississippi flyways, with special
	reference to national wildlife refuges. Proc. Annu.
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Hanson, H. C., and R. H. Smith. 1950. Canada geese of
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Harvey, W. F., IV. 1987. Winter movements and resource
	use by Canada geese affiliated with Kent County,
	Maryland. M.S. Thesis, Cornell Univ., Ithaca, N.Y. 96pp.	

Helm, L. G. 1951. Effect of Canada geese on crops and
	soils in central Missouri. M.S. Thesis, Univ. Mo.,
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Hoffman, R. D., and T. A. Bookhout. 1985. Metabolizable
        energy of seeds consumed by ducks in Lake Erie
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Humburg, D. D., D. A. Graber, and K. M. Babcock. 1985.
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Joyner, D. E., B. N. Jacobson, and R. D. Arthur. 1987.
        Nutritional characteristics of grains fed to Canada
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Kahl, R. B. 1980. Crop depredation by Canada geese in
        north central Missouri. M.S. Thesis, Univ. Mo., 
        Columbia. 142pp.

Koerner, J. W., T. A. Bookhout, and K. E. Bednarik. 1974.
        Movements of Canada geese color-marked near                
        southwestern Lake Erie. J. Wildl. Manage. 38:275-289.	 
		
Korschgen, L. J. 1955. Foods of Missouri predatory and	 		   
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Loesch, C. R., and R. M. Kaminski. 1989. Winter body-
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McKenzie, D. F. 1987. Utilization of rootstocks and browse.		                      
        Missouri. M.S. Thesis, Univ. Mo., Columbia. 93pp.

Mississippi Flyway Council Technical Section. 1992. A     			                          
        management plan for the Eastern Prairie Population        
        of Canada geese. Mo. Dep. Conserv. Publ., Jefferson			            
        City. 48pp.

National Research Council. 1977. Nutrient requirements of 
	poultry. Seventh ed. Natl. Acad. Sci., Washington,                    
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Raveling, D. G. 1969. Roost sites and flight patterns of	              
        Canada geese in winter.  J. Wildl. Manage. 33:319-330.
 
Rundle, W. D. 1980. Management, habitat selection, and                  
        feeding ecology of migrant rails and shorebirds. M.S.			              
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-------, and L. F. Fredrickson. 1981. Managing seasonally
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Sayre, M. W., and W. D. Rundle. 1984. Comparisons of
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Scott, M. L., M. C. Neisheim, and R. J. Young. 1982.
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Taylor, T. S. 1978. Spring foods of migratory blue-
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Vaught, R. W., and L. M. Kirsch. 1966. Canada geese of
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	to the Swan Lake flock. Tech. Bull. 3, Mo. Dep.
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