Dark-bellied Brent Geese Branta bernicla bernicla, as recorded by satellite telemetry, do not minimize flight distance during spring migration

• Published in: Ibis
• Main Authors: Green, Martin, Alerstam, Thomas, Clausen, P, Drent, R, Ebbinge, R S
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley-Blackwell 2002
• Subjects: Ecology; Biological Sciences; Taymyr; White Sea; Yamal Peninsula; Branta bernicla; brent geese
• Online Access: https://lup.lub.lu.se/record/145666; https://doi.org/10.1046/j.0019-1019.2001.00017.x; https://portal.research.lu.se/files/2909191/625060.pdf

Nine Dark-bellied Brent Geese Branta bernicla bernicla were equipped with satellite transmitters during spring staging in the Dutch Wadden Sea in 1998 and 1999. The transmitters (in all cases less than 3% of body mass) were attached to the back by a flexible elastic harness. One juvenile female was...