Food selection by barnacle geese (Branta leucopsis) in an Arctic pre-breeding area

• Published in: Polar Research
• Main Authors: Soininen, Eeva M., Hübner, Christiane E., Jónsdóttir, Ingibjörg S.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Norwegian Polar Institute 2010
• Subjects: Arctic; Svalbard; Vårsolbukta; Branta leucopsis; Polar Research; Spitsbergen
• Online Access: https://polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/view/2944; https://doi.org/10.3402/polar.v29i3.6080

Detailed patterns of food selection by pre-breeding barnacle geese (Branta leucopsis) were investigated in Vårsolbukta, western Spitsbergen, Svalbard, in moss-dominated vegetation. This habitat is favoured by geese during the early Arctic spring when grass abundance is low. Grass is more profitable...