Site fidelity and range size of wintering Barnacle Geese Branta leucopsis
Barnacle Geese restrict their movements to relatively few key sites and exhibit considerable variation in ranging behaviour. To examine individual and seasonal variation in site fidelity, habitat use, range size and foraging strategies of Barnacle Geese Branta leucopsis, the movements of 18 male Bar...
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ftunigloucesters:oai::4927 2023-05-15T15:46:26+02:00 Site fidelity and range size of wintering Barnacle Geese Branta leucopsis Phillips, Richard A Cope, David R Rees, Eileen C O'Connell, Mark J 2003 text https://eprints.glos.ac.uk/4927/ https://eprints.glos.ac.uk/4927/7/Site%20fidelity%20and%20range%20size%20of%20wintering%20Barnacle%20Geese%20-%20SUBMITTED%20VERSION.pdf http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00063650309461308 https://doi.org/10.1080/00063650309461308 en eng Taylor & Francis https://eprints.glos.ac.uk/4927/7/Site%20fidelity%20and%20range%20size%20of%20wintering%20Barnacle%20Geese%20-%20SUBMITTED%20VERSION.pdf Phillips, Richard A, Cope, David R, Rees, Eileen C and O'Connell, Mark J orcid:0000-0003-3402-8880 (2003) Site fidelity and range size of wintering Barnacle Geese Branta leucopsis. Bird Study, 50 (2). pp. 161-169. doi:10.1080/00063650309461308 <https://doi.org/10.1080/00063650309461308> doi:10.1080/00063650309461308 all_rights QL671-699 Birds Article PeerReviewed 2003 ftunigloucesters https://doi.org/10.1080/00063650309461308 2022-03-16T20:01:57Z Barnacle Geese restrict their movements to relatively few key sites and exhibit considerable variation in ranging behaviour. To examine individual and seasonal variation in site fidelity, habitat use, range size and foraging strategies of Barnacle Geese Branta leucopsis, the movements of 18 male Barnacle Geese tagged in two discrete areas were tracked for 3–6 months from late autumn until departure on the spring migration. Tagged geese concentrated their feeding in a relatively small proportion of apparently suitable habitat. Geese moved increasingly further afield in midwinter, and there was a clear predeparture shift to the largest area of relatively undisturbed, and possibly more nitrogen-rich, saltmarsh on the Solway. Birds from one of the two capture sites tended to be more sedentary and have smaller home ranges. Article in Journal/Newspaper Branta leucopsis University of Gloucestershire: Research Repository Midwinter ENVELOPE(139.931,139.931,-66.690,-66.690) Bird Study 50 2 161 169 |
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Barnacle Geese restrict their movements to relatively few key sites and exhibit considerable variation in ranging behaviour. To examine individual and seasonal variation in site fidelity, habitat use, range size and foraging strategies of Barnacle Geese Branta leucopsis, the movements of 18 male Barnacle Geese tagged in two discrete areas were tracked for 3–6 months from late autumn until departure on the spring migration. Tagged geese concentrated their feeding in a relatively small proportion of apparently suitable habitat. Geese moved increasingly further afield in midwinter, and there was a clear predeparture shift to the largest area of relatively undisturbed, and possibly more nitrogen-rich, saltmarsh on the Solway. Birds from one of the two capture sites tended to be more sedentary and have smaller home ranges. |
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Site fidelity and range size of wintering Barnacle Geese Branta leucopsis |
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Site fidelity and range size of wintering Barnacle Geese Branta leucopsis |
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Site fidelity and range size of wintering Barnacle Geese Branta leucopsis |
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Site fidelity and range size of wintering Barnacle Geese Branta leucopsis |
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Site fidelity and range size of wintering Barnacle Geese Branta leucopsis |
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site fidelity and range size of wintering barnacle geese branta leucopsis |
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Taylor & Francis |
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https://eprints.glos.ac.uk/4927/ https://eprints.glos.ac.uk/4927/7/Site%20fidelity%20and%20range%20size%20of%20wintering%20Barnacle%20Geese%20-%20SUBMITTED%20VERSION.pdf http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00063650309461308 https://doi.org/10.1080/00063650309461308 |
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https://eprints.glos.ac.uk/4927/7/Site%20fidelity%20and%20range%20size%20of%20wintering%20Barnacle%20Geese%20-%20SUBMITTED%20VERSION.pdf Phillips, Richard A, Cope, David R, Rees, Eileen C and O'Connell, Mark J orcid:0000-0003-3402-8880 (2003) Site fidelity and range size of wintering Barnacle Geese Branta leucopsis. Bird Study, 50 (2). pp. 161-169. doi:10.1080/00063650309461308 <https://doi.org/10.1080/00063650309461308> doi:10.1080/00063650309461308 |
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