Brent goose Branta bernicla bernicla feeding behaviour during incubation, Taïmyr Peninsula, Russia

• Published in: Polar Biology
• Main Authors: Poisbleau, Maud, Dalloyau, Sébastien, Fritz, Hervé, Bost, Charles-André, Ebbinge, Barwolt
• Other Authors: Centre d'Études Biologiques de Chizé (CEBC), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Max Planck Institute for Ornithology, Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Alterra, ALTERRA
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2007
• Subjects: [SDE.BE]Environmental Sciences/Biodiversity and Ecology; [SDE.ES]Environmental Sciences/Environment and Society; [SDE.MCG]Environmental Sciences/Global Changes; Arctic; Bird Island; Branta bernicla; brent geese; Brent goose; Polar Biology
• Online Access: https://hal.science/hal-00183679; https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-007-0295-x

International audience Incubating birds must balance the time and the energy invested in incubation with the energy acquisition for their survival. Many factors such as weather and predation inXuence this trade-oV. In Arctic geese, only females incubate, and they leave the nest regularly to feed whi...