Body condition and spring migration in female high‐arctic barnacle geese Branta leucopsis
Female barnacle geese Branta leucopsis were studied on their spring staging area on the coast of mid‐Norway and 1,500 km further to the north on their breeding areas in the Arctic archipelago, Svalbard. The number of days between departure from their spring staging area and arrival on their breeding...
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crwiley:10.2981/wlb.1996.027 2023-12-03T10:15:18+01:00 Body condition and spring migration in female high‐arctic barnacle geese Branta leucopsis Tombre, Ingunn M. Erikstad, Kjell E. Gabrielsen, Geir W. Strann, Karl‐Birger Black, Jeffrey M. 1996 http://dx.doi.org/10.2981/wlb.1996.027 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full-xml/10.2981/wlb.1996.027 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.2981/wlb.1996.027 en eng Wiley http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor Wildlife Biology volume 2, issue 4, page 247-251 ISSN 1903-220X 1903-220X Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law Nature and Landscape Conservation Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics journal-article 1996 crwiley https://doi.org/10.2981/wlb.1996.027 2023-11-09T14:32:20Z Female barnacle geese Branta leucopsis were studied on their spring staging area on the coast of mid‐Norway and 1,500 km further to the north on their breeding areas in the Arctic archipelago, Svalbard. The number of days between departure from their spring staging area and arrival on their breeding area ranged between 10 and 33 days. There was no significant relationship between the date of departure and the date of arrival for individual females (N = 51), indicating that early‐leaving females were not necessarily the first to arrive at the breeding grounds. Late‐arriving females were in better body condition upon arrival than early‐arriving females (N = 25). These data imply that the barnacle geese breeding in Svalbard do not migrate directly from their traditional spring staging areas to their breeding areas, but spend a considerable amount of time, not only resting, but also feeding during their migration northwards. This result has important implications for the management of the barnacle goose population on Svalbard since areas other than their traditional spring staging grounds apparently determine the date of arrival at the breeding grounds, body reserves at arrival and subsequent reproduction. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Archipelago Arctic Barnacle goose Branta leucopsis Svalbard Wiley Online Library (via Crossref) Arctic Svalbard Norway Wildlife Biology 2 4 247 251 |
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Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law Nature and Landscape Conservation Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics Tombre, Ingunn M. Erikstad, Kjell E. Gabrielsen, Geir W. Strann, Karl‐Birger Black, Jeffrey M. Body condition and spring migration in female high‐arctic barnacle geese Branta leucopsis |
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Female barnacle geese Branta leucopsis were studied on their spring staging area on the coast of mid‐Norway and 1,500 km further to the north on their breeding areas in the Arctic archipelago, Svalbard. The number of days between departure from their spring staging area and arrival on their breeding area ranged between 10 and 33 days. There was no significant relationship between the date of departure and the date of arrival for individual females (N = 51), indicating that early‐leaving females were not necessarily the first to arrive at the breeding grounds. Late‐arriving females were in better body condition upon arrival than early‐arriving females (N = 25). These data imply that the barnacle geese breeding in Svalbard do not migrate directly from their traditional spring staging areas to their breeding areas, but spend a considerable amount of time, not only resting, but also feeding during their migration northwards. This result has important implications for the management of the barnacle goose population on Svalbard since areas other than their traditional spring staging grounds apparently determine the date of arrival at the breeding grounds, body reserves at arrival and subsequent reproduction. |
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Tombre, Ingunn M. Erikstad, Kjell E. Gabrielsen, Geir W. Strann, Karl‐Birger Black, Jeffrey M. |
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Tombre, Ingunn M. Erikstad, Kjell E. Gabrielsen, Geir W. Strann, Karl‐Birger Black, Jeffrey M. |
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Body condition and spring migration in female high‐arctic barnacle geese Branta leucopsis |
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Body condition and spring migration in female high‐arctic barnacle geese Branta leucopsis |
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Body condition and spring migration in female high‐arctic barnacle geese Branta leucopsis |
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Body condition and spring migration in female high‐arctic barnacle geese Branta leucopsis |
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Body condition and spring migration in female high‐arctic barnacle geese Branta leucopsis |
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body condition and spring migration in female high‐arctic barnacle geese branta leucopsis |
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