Cel 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. Program(-y) IC-INTAS - International Association for the promotion of cooperation with scientists from the independent states of the former Soviet Union (INTAS), 1993- Temat(-y) 41 - General Biology Zaproszenie do składania wniosków Data not available System finansowania Data not available Koordynator Institute for Forestry and Nature Research Wkład UE Brak danych Adres Bosrandweg 20 6700 AA Wageningen Niderlandy Zobacz na mapie Koszt całkowity Brak danych Uczestnicy (3) Sortuj alfabetycznie Sortuj według wkładu UE Rozwiń wszystko Zwiń wszystko National Environmental Research Institute Dania Wkład UE Brak danych Adres 8410 Rønde Zobacz na mapie Koszt całkowity Brak danych Russian Academy of Sciences Rosja Wkład UE Brak danych Adres 117071 Moscow Zobacz na mapie Koszt całkowity Brak danych Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust Zjednoczone Królestwo Wkład UE Brak danych Adres GL2 7BT Gloucester Zobacz na mapie Koszt całkowity Brak danych