The connectivity of spring stopover sites for geese heading to arctic breeding grounds

Ardea

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 145-154

  Hübner, Christiane E ^a   Tombre, Ingunn M ^b   Griffin, Larry R ^c   Loonen, Maarten J J E ^d   Shimmings, Paul ^e   Jónsdóttir, Ingibjörg S ^f  

^a NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c WILDFOWL AND WETLANDS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^e NONE   (Norway)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

'hopping' strategy; Arctic stopover sites; Barnacle goose; Branta leucopsis; Site connectivity; Spring migration

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BIRD; BREEDING SEASON; BREEDING SITE; CONNECTIVITY; MIGRATORY POPULATION; MIGRATORY SPECIES; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SUBARCTIC REGION;

ARCTIC; KONGSFJORDEN; SPITSBERGEN; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN; VARSOLBUKTA;

ANSER; AVES; BRANTA LEUCOPSIS; THORACICA;

EID: 78649259771     PISSN: 03732266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5253/078.098.0203     Document Type: Article

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