The Greenland White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons flavirostris

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Data sheet Title: The Greenland White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons flavirostris Subtitle: The annual cycle of a migratory herbivore on the European continental fringe Doctor’s dissertation (DSc) Author: Anthony D. Fox Department: Department of Coastal Zone Ecology Publisher: Ministry of the Environment National Environmental Research Institute © URL: http://www.dmu.dk Date of publication: February 2003 Technical editor: Karsten Laursen Financial support: No external support. Please cite as: Fox, A.D. 2003: The Greenland White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons flavirostris. The annual cycle of a migratory herbivore on the European continental fringe. Doctor’s dissertation (DSc). National Environmental Research Institute, Denmark. 440 pp. Layout: Helle Klareskov ISBN: 87-7772-719-3 Reproduction is permitted, provided the source is explicitly acknowledged. Paper quality: Cyclus Print Printed by: Schultz Grafisk Environmentally certified (ISO 14001) and Quality certified (ISO 9002) Number of pages: 440 Cirkulations: 500 Price: DKK 200.- (incl. 25% VAT, excl. freight) Internet-version: The report is also available as a PDF-file from NERI’s homepage http://www.dmu.dk/1_viden/2_publikationer/3_oevrige For sale at: Ministry of the Environment Frontlinien Strandgade 29 DK-1401 København K Tel. +45 32 66 02 00 Frontlinien@frontlinien.dk www.frontlinien.dk
Contents Summary .........................................................................................................................5 Dansk resumé ................................................................................................................. 9 1 Introduction ..................................................................................................... 11 2Limits to population size in recent historical times ................................ 17 3 Accumulation of body stores and the flight to Iceland .......................... 27 4 Spring staging in Iceland and the flight to Greenland ........................... 35 5 Pre-nesting feeding ........................................................................................ 43 6 Reproduction ................................................................................................... 47 7 Moult of flight feathers ................................................................................. 59 8 Survival ............................................................................................................. 65 9 Synthesis........................................................................................................... 73 10 Acknowledgements ........................................................................................ 87 11 References ........................................................................................................ 92 12Appended manuscripts ............................................................................... 101 Appendix 1: Statistical endnotes ............................................................................ 427 Appendix 2: Future Research Priorities ................................................................ 433 National Environmental Research Institute
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Page 7 and 8: Summary The Greenland White-fronted
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Page 11 and 12: Dansk resumé Den grønlandske blis
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Page 19 and 20: 2Limits to population size in recen
Page 21 and 22: Despite the morphological similarit
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Page 41 and 42: Goose droppings/m 2 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 P
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Page 49 and 50: 6 Reproduction 6.1 Breeding distrib
Page 51 and 52: predicted that at the end of this p
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Mean age of first breeding 8 7 6 5
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periods in each winter as the exten
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Geese, it might be expected that in
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7 Moult of flight feathers 7.1 Intr
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mass at different stages of regrowt
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of available fresh green growth of
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8 Survival 8.1 Introduction Almost
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the hunting mortality rate K t for
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during the period when the populati
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lands. This process was certainly u
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9 Synthesis 9.1 Anticipatory acquis
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Mass based on API scores 3600 3200
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social system has traditionally reg
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ers (J. Madsen unpubl. data). In th
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limitation which operates during an
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NUTRIENT & ENERGY ACCUMULATION RATE
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eeding geographical locations respe
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10 Acknowledgements A thesis is sup
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mark and to Ebbe Bøgebjerg for the
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L. Kramer, J.N. Kristiansen, T. Lai
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Marked Individuals in the Study of
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mussels, Mytilus edulis. Journal of
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Nichols, J.D. (1991) Extensive moni
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Thompson, S.C. & Raveling, D.G. (19
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12Appended manuscripts 1: Fox, A.D.
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