Dark-bellied brent geese Branta b. bernicla breeding near snowy owl Nyctea scandiaca nests lay more and larger eggs
Contains fulltext : 34924.pdf (publisher's version ) (Closed access) Several studies have demonstrated that snowy owls Nyctea scandiaca defend an area around their nests against predators, hereby inadvertently creating safe havens for breeding dark-bellied brent geese Branta b. bernicla. Howeve...
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ftunivnijmegen:oai:repository.ubn.ru.nl:2066/34924 2023-05-15T15:46:30+02:00 Dark-bellied brent geese Branta b. bernicla breeding near snowy owl Nyctea scandiaca nests lay more and larger eggs Kleef, H.H. van Willems, F. Volkov, A.E. Smeets, J.H.R. Nowak, D. Nowak, A. 2007 http://hdl.handle.net/2066/34924 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.2007.0908-8857.03639.x unknown http://hdl.handle.net/2066/34924 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.2007.0908-8857.03639.x Journal of Avian Biology, 38, 1, pp. 1-6 http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com Animal Ecology and Physiology Environmental Sciences Article / Letter to editor 2007 ftunivnijmegen https://doi.org/10.1111/j.2007.0908-8857.03639.x 2022-12-21T23:30:47Z Contains fulltext : 34924.pdf (publisher's version ) (Closed access) Several studies have demonstrated that snowy owls Nyctea scandiaca defend an area around their nests against predators, hereby inadvertently creating safe havens for breeding dark-bellied brent geese Branta b. bernicla. However, studies investigating brent goose breeding ecology within the predator-exclusion zones of the snowy owls are absent. In 1999 and 2005, years of high lemming abundance Lemmus sibiricus and Dicrostonyx torquatus , brent geese were primarily breeding in association with snowy owls in the Medusa river catchment on western Taimyr, Russia. Goose nest failure, either as a result of nest abandonment by the adult birds or of nest depredation, increased with increasing distance from the owl nests. Within the brent goose colonies, clutch size as well as egg size increased with decreasing distance from the snowy owl nest, indicating an increasing adult quality closer to owl nests. However, as a result of the abandonment of eggs and goslings, the increasing clutch size did not result in a higher nest success during this study. Apparently brent geese compete for breeding sitesclose to owl nests, but details of this process remain unknown. Article in Journal/Newspaper brent geese Brent goose Dicrostonyx torquatus Lemmus sibiricus Nyctea scandiaca snowy owl Taimyr Radboud University: DSpace Medusa ENVELOPE(157.417,157.417,-79.633,-79.633) Journal of Avian Biology 38 1 1 6 |
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Contains fulltext : 34924.pdf (publisher's version ) (Closed access) Several studies have demonstrated that snowy owls Nyctea scandiaca defend an area around their nests against predators, hereby inadvertently creating safe havens for breeding dark-bellied brent geese Branta b. bernicla. However, studies investigating brent goose breeding ecology within the predator-exclusion zones of the snowy owls are absent. In 1999 and 2005, years of high lemming abundance Lemmus sibiricus and Dicrostonyx torquatus , brent geese were primarily breeding in association with snowy owls in the Medusa river catchment on western Taimyr, Russia. Goose nest failure, either as a result of nest abandonment by the adult birds or of nest depredation, increased with increasing distance from the owl nests. Within the brent goose colonies, clutch size as well as egg size increased with decreasing distance from the snowy owl nest, indicating an increasing adult quality closer to owl nests. However, as a result of the abandonment of eggs and goslings, the increasing clutch size did not result in a higher nest success during this study. Apparently brent geese compete for breeding sitesclose to owl nests, but details of this process remain unknown. |
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Kleef, H.H. van Willems, F. Volkov, A.E. Smeets, J.H.R. Nowak, D. Nowak, A. |
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Kleef, H.H. van Willems, F. Volkov, A.E. Smeets, J.H.R. Nowak, D. Nowak, A. |
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Dark-bellied brent geese Branta b. bernicla breeding near snowy owl Nyctea scandiaca nests lay more and larger eggs |
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Dark-bellied brent geese Branta b. bernicla breeding near snowy owl Nyctea scandiaca nests lay more and larger eggs |
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Dark-bellied brent geese Branta b. bernicla breeding near snowy owl Nyctea scandiaca nests lay more and larger eggs |
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Dark-bellied brent geese Branta b. bernicla breeding near snowy owl Nyctea scandiaca nests lay more and larger eggs |
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Dark-bellied brent geese Branta b. bernicla breeding near snowy owl Nyctea scandiaca nests lay more and larger eggs |
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dark-bellied brent geese branta b. bernicla breeding near snowy owl nyctea scandiaca nests lay more and larger eggs |
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