Tag: Branta leucopsis

Spring stopover routines in Russian Barnacle Geese Branta leucopsis tracked by resightings and geolocation

Barnacle Goose (Branta leucopsis) Science Article 10 abstract By attaching 9-g loggers (recording dusk and dawn times to a memory chip) to the coded leg rings of Barnacle Geese Branta leucopsis caught in a breeding colony at Tobseda (68 deg 35’N, 52 deg 20’E) on the arctic coast of the Russian Federation in 2003 and […]

Surfing on a green wave-how plant growth drives spring migration in the Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis

Barnacle Goose (Branta leucopsis) Science Article 11 abstract The nutritional quality of forage plants varies in space and time. This variation is presumed to drive the annual migration of herbivore species which follow peaks in the availability of high quality forage between sites. The green-wave-hypothesis predicts that during spring migration to northern breeding sites, geese […]