Foraging range, habitat use and minimum flight distances of East Atlantic Light-bellied Brent Geese Branta bernicla hrota in their spring staging areas

Wildfowl

Volumn 63, Issue SPEC. ISSUE 3, 2013, Pages 26-39

  Clausen, Kevin K ^a   Clausen, Preben ^a   Hounisen, Jens P ^a   Vissing, Marie S ^a   Fox, Anthony D ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Climate change; GPS; Salt marsh; Winter sown cereal; Zostera

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; FJORD; FLIGHT ACTIVITY; FLIGHT BEHAVIOR; GPS; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; HABITAT USE; LIFESTYLE; PREDATION RISK; ROOSTING; SATELLITE; WATERFOWL;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (EAST); DENMARK;

EID: 84893739688     PISSN: 09546324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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