Vegetation exploitation by barnacle geese Branta leucopsis during incubation on Svalbard

Polar Research

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-14

  Alsos, Inger Greve ^a   Elvebakk, Arve ^b   Gabrielsen, Geir Wing ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

Branta leucopsis; Breeding season; Diet; Food availability; Foraging behaviour; Incubation; Storholmen; Svalbard; Wildfowl

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SEASON; DIET; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; INCUBATION; WATERFOWL;

STORHOLMEN; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

EID: 17444374232     PISSN: 08000395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-8369.1998.tb00255.x     Document Type: Article

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