Energetic consequences of a major change in habitat use: endangered Brent Geese Branta bernicla hrota losing their main food source

• Published in: Ibis
• Main Authors: Clausen, Kevin Kuhlmann, Clausen, Preben, Fælled, Casper Cæsar, Mouritsen, Kim Nørgaard
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: Mariager Fjord; Midwinter; Svalbard; Branta bernicla; brent geese; Brent goose
• Online Access: https://pure.au.dk/portal/da/publications/energetic-consequences-of-a-major-change-in-habitat-use-endangered-brent-geese-branta-bernicla-hrota-losing-their-main-food-source(d994e75a-0912-4825-9fd9-f8aab172ff38).html; https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1474-919X.2012.01265.x; https://pure.au.dk/ws/files/79580576/BrentGeese_HabitatChange_Clausen2012_IBIS.pdf

Coastal seagrasses are declining at increasing rates worldwide, forcing herbivores previously reliant on these habitats to abandon them in search of alternative ways to fulfil their daily energy budgets. After two decades of declining seagrass abundance in Mariager Fjord, Denmark, the Svalbard breed...