The Long-Term Monitoring of Bird Populations on Kolguev Island in the Barents Sea

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Glazov, Petr M., Loshchagina, Julia A., Kondratyev, Alexander V., Zaynagutdinova, Elmira M., Kruckenberg, Helmut, Pokrovsky, Ivan G.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 2021
• Subjects: Arctic; Arctic Island; Barents Sea; Barnacle goose; Branta leucopsis; Calidris alpina; Dunlin; Kolguev; Pechora; Pechora Sea; Vulpes lagopus
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.14430/arctic73845; https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/download/73845/55290; https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/download/73845/55291

Kolguev Island (69˚05′ N 49˚15′ E) is located in the Pechora Sea, the southeastern part of the Barents Sea. The island’s ecosystem is unusual due to the total absence of rodents and specialized predators such as weasels, while non-specialized predators such as Arctic (Vulpes lagopus) and red (V. vul...