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Population Dynamics And Harvest Of Canada Geese In Utah, John Tautin
Population Dynamics And Harvest Of Canada Geese In Utah, John Tautin
All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023
A twenty-one year (1952-72) accumulation of banding data for Canada geese in Utah was studied to determine the distribution and chronology of the harvest of the geese and the effects that hunting regulations have had upon harvests and population parameters. The banding data were also used in an attempt to develop a population model capable of predicting population trends and desirable survival rates.
Within Utah, the bulk of the annual harvest (78 percent) takes place in the northern portion of the State in the vicinity of the Great Salt Lake marshes. In Northern Utah the harvest peaks on the opening …