Diet selection by wintering Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus and the role of food availability

• Published in: Bird Conservation International
• Main Authors: KARMIRIS, ILIAS, KAZANTZIDIS, SAVAS, PLATIS, PANAGIOTIS, PAPACHRISTOU, THOMAS G.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2017
• Subjects: Thrace; Anser erythropus; Fennoscandia; Fennoscandian; lesser white-fronted goose
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0959270916000393; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0959270916000393

Summary The Fennoscandian population of the Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus (LWfG) is on the verge of extinction and migrates from northern Fennoscandia to Greece on a regular seasonal basis. For the first time, diet selection was investigated during two years at Kerkini Lake, a winterin...