Effects of predation risk on site selection of barnacle geese during brood-rearing

• Main Authors: Stahl, J., Loonen, M.J.J.E.
• Other Authors: Mehlum, F., Black, J.M., Madsen, J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Norsk Polarinstitutt 1998
• Subjects: GREATER SNOW GEESE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; BREEDING GROUNDS; BRANTA-LEUCOPSIS; BLACK BRANT; GROWTH; GOOSE; AVAILABILITY; INTERPLAY; SVALBARD; Arctic; Brant; Svalbard; Alopex lagopus; Branta leucopsis; Kongsfjord*; Kongsfjorden; Tundra; Spitsbergen
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/11370/2abc0358-a25e-4866-8482-900f089d488c; https://research.rug.nl/en/publications/2abc0358-a25e-4866-8482-900f089d488c; https://pure.rug.nl/ws/files/143472215/nps200_091_stahl.pdf

Barnacle geese Branta leucopsis breed on small islands in the Kongsfjorden area, Spitsbergen. Shortly after hatching, families approach feeding sites at the mainland coast in the close surroundings of the village Ny-Alesund. The goslings are subject to predation by arctic foxes Alopex lagopus throug...