The reliance on distant resources for egg formation in high Arctic breeding barnacle geese Branta leucopsis

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 159-168

  Hahn, Steffen ^a,b   Loonen, Maarten J J E ^d   Klaassen, Marcel ^a,c  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^b SWISS ORNITHOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; ARCHIPELAGO; BREEDING SITE; EGG; ISOTOPIC RATIO; LIPID; MIGRATORY POPULATION; PLUMAGE; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; RESOURCE USE;

ARCTIC;

ANIMALIA; ANSER; AVES; BRANTA LEUCOPSIS; THORACICA;

EID: 79955519026     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: 1600048X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-048X.2010.05189.x     Document Type: Article

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