Dark‐bellied brent geese Branta b. bernicla breeding near snowy owl Nyctea scandiaca nests lay more and larger eggs

• Published in: Journal of Avian Biology
• Main Authors: H. van Kleef, Henricus, Willems, Frank, E. Volkov, Andrei, J. H. R. Smeets, Joseph, Nowak, Damian, Nowak, Agnieszka
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2007
• Subjects: Animal Science and Zoology; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Medusa; brent geese; Brent goose; Dicrostonyx torquatus; Lemmus sibiricus; Nyctea scandiaca; snowy owl; Taimyr
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.2007.0908-8857.03639.x; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.2007.0908-8857.03639.x; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.2007.0908-8857.03639.x

Several studies have demonstrated that snowy owls Nyctea scandiaca defend an area around their nests against predators, hereby inadvertently creating safe havens for breeding dark‐bellied brent geese Branta b. bernicla . However, studies investigating brent goose breeding ecology within the predator...