Isotopic composition of diet and tissues, and isotope discrimination factors for pink-footed and barnacle geese, Svalbard

• Main Authors: Hahn, Steffen, Loonen, Maarten J J E, Klaassen, Marcel
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 2011
• Subjects: Biological sample; BIOS; Breoyane_Is; International Polar Year (2007-2008); IPY; Kongsfjorden; Spitsbergen; Arctic; Branta leucopsis; International Polar Year; Kongsfjord*; Svalbard
• Online Access: https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.810427; https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.810427

Breeding in the high Arctic is time constrained and animals should therefore start with their annual reproduction as early as possible. To allow for such early reproduction in migratory birds, females arrive at the breeding grounds either with body stores or they try to rapidly develop their eggs af...