Tamaño de puesta, sitios de nidificatión y éxito reproductivo del caiquén (Chloephaga picta GMELIN, 1789) en la Reserva de Biosfera Cabo de Hornos, Chile

• Main Authors: Ibarra, J.T., Schüttler, Elke, McGehee, S., Rozzi, R.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: Spanish
• Published: Universidad de Magallanes 2010
• Subjects: breeding biology; Chloephaga picta; clutch size; Mayfield; Navarino Island; nesting success; predation; Sub-Antarctic; Antarctic; Cape Horn; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://www.ufz.de/index.php?en=20939&ufzPublicationIdentifier=10110

Studies on the biology of the Upland Goose (Chloephaga picta) in Chilean Sub-Antarctic ecosystems are scarce and basically constitute anecdotic records of the species. With the aim to broaden this knowledge, we studied its breeding biology in terms of clutch size, nesting sites and breeding success...