Predicting the response of a long-distance migrant to changing environmental conditions in winter

• Main Authors: Stillman, Richard, A., Rivers, Ellinor M., Gilkerson, Whelan, Wood, Kevin A., Clausen, Preben, Deane, Cody, Ward, David H.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2024
• Subjects: Arctic; Brant; Climate change
• Online Access: https://pure.au.dk/portal/en/publications/731e1535-f35e-4956-8433-10dde469bca6

Access to high quality food is critical for long-distance migrants to provide energy for migration and arrival at breeding grounds in good condition. We studied effects of changing abundance and availability of a marine food, common eelgrass (Zostera marina L.), on an arctic-breeding, migratory goos...