Objectif Three goose species, the dark-bellied brent goose, the red-breasted goose, and the lesser white-fronted goose nest almost exclusively on the Taymyr-peninsula in northern Siberia. All three species were endangered in the recent past, and only the population of the first one has recovered in numbers since the 1970s. This joint study is a follow-up of a study of the factors determining the breeding success of brent geese (condition of the birds built up on the wintering grounds, predation by arctic foxes and herring gulls mediated by three-year-cycles of lemmings) on the Taymyr-peninsula, extended to comparative research on the two other (still endangered) species. All three goose species have in common that they are small, and thus vulnerable to predation by arctic foxes. This important arctic predator will therefore be studied in great detail. Fox movements will be studied by using modern satellite transmitters. In order to understand the predatory behaviour of arctic foxes, alternative prey, particularly two species of lemmings, will be studied as well. The study will be conducted during the summer months on three different locations on the Taymyr Peninsula. The field work will be carried out in close co-operation with the administrations of the Great Arctic Reserve in Dudinka and of the Taymyr State Nature Reserve in Khatanga. Programme(s) IC-INTAS - International Association for the promotion of cooperation with scientists from the independent states of the former Soviet Union (INTAS), 1993- Thème(s) 41 - General Biology Appel à propositions Data not available Régime de financement Data not available Coordinateur Institute for Forestry and Nature Research Contribution de l’UE Aucune donnée Adresse Bosrandweg 20 6700 AA Wageningen Pays-Bas Voir sur la carte Coût total Aucune donnée Participants (3) Trier par ordre alphabétique Trier par contribution de l’UE Tout développer Tout réduire National Environmental Research Institute Danemark Contribution de l’UE Aucune donnée Adresse 8410 Rønde Voir sur la carte Coût total Aucune donnée Russian Academy of Sciences Russie Contribution de l’UE Aucune donnée Adresse 117071 Moscow Voir sur la carte Coût total Aucune donnée Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust Royaume-Uni Contribution de l’UE Aucune donnée Adresse GL2 7BT Gloucester Voir sur la carte Coût total Aucune donnée
