The Long-Term Monitoring of Bird Populations on Kolguev Island in the Barents Sea

• Main Authors: Glazov, Petr M., Loshchagina, Julia A., Kondratyev, Alexander V., Zaynagutdinova, Elmira M., Kruckenberg, Helmut, Pokrovsky, Ivan G.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 2021
• Subjects: Russian Arctic; Arctic birds; Kolguev Island; population density; population trends; long-term Arctic monitoring; Barents Sea; tundra avifauna; waders; geese; Arctic; Arctic Island; Renard; Arctique*; Barnacle goose; Branta leucopsis; Calidris alpina; Dunlin; Kolguev; Mer de Barents; Mer de Pechora; Pechora; Pechora Sea; renard arctique; Tundra; Vulpes lagopus; Колгуев; Песец; Чернозобик
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/73845

Kolguev Island (69˚05′ N 49˚15′ E) is located in the Pechora Sea, the southeastern part of the Barents Sea. The island’s ecosystem is unusual due to the total absence of rodents and specialized predators such as weasels, while non-specialized predators such as Arctic (Vulpes lagopus) and red (V. vul...