How do brent geese (Branta b. bernicla) cope with evil? Complex relationships between predators and prey;Wie gehen ringelgänse (Branta b. bernicla) mit feinden um? Komplexe räuber-beute-beziehungen

Journal fur Ornithologie

Volumn 143, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 33-42

  Ebbinge, Barwolt S ^a   Spaans, Bernard ^b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Arctic fox; Breeding success; Lemming cycle; Predation; Snowy owl; Taimyr

Indexed keywords

ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; NESTING; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; REPRODUCTION; WATERFOWL;

RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SIBERIA; TAIMYR PENINSULA;

ALOPEX LAGOPUS; ANAS; ANATIDAE; ANSER; ANSER SP.; BRANTA; BRANTA BERNICLA; CANIDAE; CLUPEA HARENGUS; LAGOPUS; LARUS ARGENTATUS; NYCTEA SCANDIACA; STRIGIFORMES; VULPES;

EID: 0036168048     PISSN: 00218375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02465456     Document Type: Article

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