A gloomy future for light-bellied brent geese in Tusenøyane, Svalbard, under a changing predator regime

• Published in: Polar Research
• Main Authors: Jesper Madsen, Cornelia Jaspers, John Frikke, Ove M. Gundersen, Bart A. Nolet, Koen Nolet, Kees H.T. Schreven, Christian Sonne, Peter P. de Vries
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Norwegian Polar Institute 2019
• Subjects: Branta bernicla hrota; Cochlearia officinalis; great skua; polar bear; predation; Environmental sciences; GE1-350; Oceanography; GC1-1581; Arctic; Greenland; Svalbard; Tusenøyane; Barnacle goose; Branta bernicla; brent geese; Common Eider; East Greenland; Great skua; North Atlantic; Polar Research
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.33265/polar.v38.3393; https://doaj.org/article/f160d6ec8ccd428483346ff5ce7e8e1e

The endangered population of light-bellied brent geese (Branta bernicla hrota) breeding in Svalbard and north-east Greenland used to have its core breeding area in the archipelago of Tusenøyane in south-east Svalbard. Studies carried out during 1987–1991 showed that the Tusenøyane population was sub...