Minimal intra-seasonal dietary overlap of barnacle and pink-footed geese on their breeding grounds in Svalbard

Polar Biology

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 759-768

  Fox, A D ^a   Bergersen, E ^b,c,d   Tombre, I M ^b   Madsen, J ^e  

^a Environmental Research Institute   (Denmark)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^d Øvrevie ^*  (Norway)

^e NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Anser brachyrhynchus; Branta leucopsis; Competition; Dietary overlap; Sassendalen

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SITE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CRUSTACEAN; DIETARY OVERLAP; HERBIVORY; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; INTERTIDAL COMMUNITY; WATERFOWL;

ARCTIC; SASSENDALEN; SPITSBERGEN; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

ANSER; ANSER BRACHYRHYNCHUS; AVES; BRANTA LEUCOPSIS; THORACICA;

EID: 34247577191     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-006-0235-1     Document Type: Article

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