Pre-nesting site use of satellite transmitter tagged Svalbard Pink-footed Geese Anser brachyrhynchus

Ardea

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 679-690

  Glahder, Christian M ^a   Fox, Tony ^b   Hübner, Christiane E ^c   Madsen, Jesper ^a   Tombre, Ingunn M ^d  

^a NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY CENTRE IN SVALBARD   (Norway)

^d NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Anser brachyrhynchus; Capital breeding; Pink footed geese; Pre nesting; Satellite transmitters; Staging periods; Svalbard

Indexed keywords

ARRIVAL DATE; BREEDING SITE; COASTAL ZONE; MIGRATION; NESTING BEHAVIOR; REMOTE SENSING; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; WATERFOWL;

ARCTIC; DENMARK; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; RINGKOBING; SCANDINAVIA; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN; TRONDHEIMSFJORD; VEST STADIL FJORD; VESTERALEN;

ANSER; ANSER BRACHYRHYNCHUS; AVES;

EID: 34248219103     PISSN: 03732266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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