Dynamics of Foraging Behavior Associated With Variation in Habitat and Forage Availability in Captive Black Brant (Branta Bernicla Nigricans) Goslings in Alaska

• Published in: The Auk
• Main Authors: Herzog, Mark P., Sedinger, James S.
• Other Authors: Grubb Jr., T. C.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford University Press (OUP) 2004
• Subjects: Animal Science and Zoology; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Yukon; Brant; Branta bernicla; Kuskokwim; Alaska
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/auk/121.1.210; http://academic.oup.com/auk/article-pdf/121/1/210/29688265/auk0210.pdf

Abstract We conducted an experiment to study the effect of gosling density on food abundance and feeding behavior of Black Brant (Branta bernicla) goslings in two habitat types important to Black Brant on the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, Alaska: (1) Carex subspathacea grazing lawns and (2) slough levees t...