Tag: Lesser White-Fronted Goose

Lesser White-fronted Goose expedition to Eastern Syria, February 2007

Lesser White-fronted Goose (Anser erythropus) Science Article 3 abstract The expedition was carried out on 9-11 February 2007, as planned in earlier correspondence with the team working on the protection of Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus as well as Syrian and regional ornithologists. Participants included Anssi Kullberg currently working for the Finnish Embassy in Damascus […]

Phylogeography and conservation genetics of the lesser white-fronted goose (Anser erythropus)

Lesser White-fronted Goose (Anser erythropus) Science Article 1 abstract Analyses of mitochondrial control region sequences were used to infer phylogeny of Anser species,phylogeography of the lesser white-fronted goose, and genetic background of a captive stock.The genetic distances among the Anser species ranged from 0.9 to 5.5% in the complete controlregion sequences and supported the view […]

A note on the Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus in Sweden and the result of a reintroduction scheme.

Lesser White-fronted Goose (Anser erythropus) Science Article 2 abstract The Lesser White-fronted Goose has been afairly common breeding bird in the northern andmiddle parts of the Scandinavian mountain range.Since a few decades the species is threatened todisappear completely from Fenno-scandia (Norderhaug& Norderhaug 1984), where the populationin 1980 was estimated at 60-90 breeding pairsand 160-260 birds. […]