INFORMATION
The following list is a bibliography of key sources of information on this Brent Goose flyway population and other relevant weblinks and references of a more general nature (including on other flyway populations). A good starting point for a general overview of the species' ecology, status and distribution are the Waterbird Review Series (Robinson et al. 2004), the account in Goose populations of the Western Palearctic: A Review of Status and Distributon (Merne et al. in Madsen, Cracknell & Fox (1999)) and Birds of North America publications (Reed et al. 1998).The group tries to maintain hard and electronic copies of these and other documents and through time we will try to make your life easy and append PDF versions of as much as possible.
GENERAL SOURCES
Robinson JA, Colhoun K, Gudmundsson GA, Boertmann D, Merne OJ, O'Briain M, Portig AA, Mackie, K & Boyd H. (2004) Light-bellied Brent Goose Branta bernicla hrota (East Canadian High Arctic population) in Canada, Ireland, Ireland, France, Greenland, Scotland, Wales, England, the Channel Islands and Spain 1960/61-1999/00. Waterbird Review Series, The Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust/Joint Nature Conservation Committee, Slimbridge.
Merne OJ, Boertmann D, Boyd H, Mitchell C, O Briain M, Reed A & Sigfusson A. (1999) Light-bellied Brent Goose Branta bernicla hrota: Canada. In: Madsen J, Cracknell G & Fox AD, Goose populations of the Western Palearctic. A Review of Status and distribution. Wetlands International Publ. No. 48. Wetlands International, Wageningen, The Netherlands and NERI, Ronde, Denmark.
Reed A, Ward DH, Derksen DV & Sedinger JS. (1998) Brant (Branta bernicla). In: The Birds of North America, No. 337 (A. Poole and F. Gill, eds.). The Birds of North America, Inc., Philadelphia, PA.
Rowcliffe JM & JA Vickery (2002) Brent Goose. In: The Migration Atlas: movements of the birds of Britain and Ireland (CV Wernham, MP Toms, JH Marchant, JA Clark, GM Siriwardena & SR Baillie, eds.) pp. 175-177.
Robinson JA & Colhoun K (compilers). (2006) International Single Species Action Plan for the Conservation of the Light-bellied Brent Goose (East Canadian High Arctic population) Branta bernicla hrota. AEWA Technical Series No. 11. Bonn, Germany.
FEEDING ECOLOGY AND BEHAVIOUR
Andrews DJ. Mathers RG, Rainey E. (1996) Brent Geese feeding on agricultural land around Strangford Lough, Co. Down. Irish Birds 5: 407-412.
Brown RA. (1988) Is there competition between Light-bellied Brent Geese and Wigeon on Strangford Lough? In: J. Harradine (ed.) Wigeon - current trends and future needs: 76-84. British Association for Shooting and Conservation.
Hassall M & Lane SJ (2005) Partial feeding preferences and the profitability of winter-feeding sites for brent geese. Basic and Applied Ecology 6: 559-570.
Inger R, Bearhop S, Robinson JA & Ruxton G. (2006) Prey choice affects the trade-off balance between predation and starvation in an avian herbivore. Animal Behaviour 71: 1335-1341.
Inger R, Ruxton GD, Newton J, Colhoun K, Mackie K, Robinson JA & Bearhop S. (2006) Using daily ration models and stable isotope analysis to predict biomass depletion by herbivores. Journal of Applied Ecology 43: 1022-1030.
Inger R. & Bearhop S (2008) Applications of stable isotope analyses to avian ecology. Ibisdoi 10.1111/j.1474-919x.2008.00839.x
Inger R, Ruxton GD, Newton J, Colhoun K, Robinson JA, Jackson AL & Bearhop S. (2006) Temporal and intrapopulation variation in prey choice of wintering geese determined by stable isotope analysis. Journal of Animal Ecology 75: 1190-1200.
Lee DE, Hamman MG & Black JM. (2004) Grit-site selection of Black Brant: particle size or calcium content? Wilson Bulletin 116: 304-313.
Mathers R & Montgomery WI. (1997) Quality of food consumed by overwintering pale-bellied Brent Geese Branta bernicla hrota and Wigeon Anas penelope. Biology and Environment: Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy 97B (2): 81-89.
Mathers R, Watson S, Stone R & Montgomery W.I.
(2000)
A study of the impact of human disturbance on Wigeon Anas penelope and Brent Geese Branta bernicla on an Irish sea loch.
Wildfowl 51:
67-81.
Mathers RG & Montgomery WI. (1996) Behaviour of Brent Geese Branta bernicla hrota and Wigeon Anas penelope feeding on intertidal Zostera spp. Biology and Environment: Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy 97B (3): 159-167.
Briain O' M. (1991) Use of a Zostera bed in Dublin Bay by Light-bellied Brent Geese, 1981/82 to 1990/91. Irish Birds 4: 299-316.
STATUS AND DISTRIBUTION
Bennike O. (1990) Observations of geese and other birds in West Greenland, 1989 and 1990. Dansk Orn. Foren. Tidsskr. 84: 145-150.
Boyd H. (1980) Importance of Ireland's Brent Geese. British Birds 73: 363-364.
Cabot D. (1965) The Pale-bellied Brent Goose Branta b. hrota in Ireland, 27th/28th November 1965. Irish Wildbird Conservancy Publication No. 1.
Cabot D. (1966) The status and distribution of the Pale-bellied Brent Goose (Branta b. hrota) in Ireland, 5th/6th February 1966. Irish Wildbird Conservancy Publication No. 2.
Cabot D.
(1967)
The status and distribution of the Brent Goose (Branta b. hrota) in Ireland, 1966/67.
Irish Wildbird Conservancy Publication No. 6.
Cabot D. (1968) The status and distribution of the Brent Goose in Ireland, 1967/68. Irish Wildbird Conservancy Publication No. 10.
Cabot D. (1973) National Brent Goose Census 1972/73. Unpubl. Report.
Cabot D. (1974) National Brent Goose Census 1973/74. Unpubl. Report.
Cabot D. (1975) National Brent Goose Census 1974/75. Unpubl. Report.
Clausen P, Madsen J, Percival SM, O'Connor D & Anderson GQA. (1998) Population development and changes in winter site use by the Svalbard Light-bellied Brent Goose Branta bernicla hrota 1980-94. Biological Conservation 84: 157-165.
Colhoun K. (2001) I-WeBS Report 1998-99: Results of the fifth winter of the Irish Wetland Bird Survey. BirdWatch Ireland.
Crowe, O. Ireland's Wetlands and their Waterbirds: A review of their status and distribution.
Fox AD, Bell MC, Brown RA, Mackie P & Madsen J. (1994) An analysis of the abundance and distribution of Brent Geese and Wigeon at Strangford Lough, 1965/6 - 1988/9. Irish Birds 5: 139-150.
Gardarsson A. (1979) Sites of major importance to Branta bernicla hrota in Iceland. Proceedings of First Technical Meeting on Western Palearctic Migratory Bird Management, Paris 1977.
Gardarsson A & Gudmundsson GA. 1997 Numbers of Light-bellied Brent Geese Branta bernicla hrota staging in Iceland in spring. Wildfowl 47: 62-66.
Hjort C. (1995) Brent Geese in northeasternmost Greenland. Dansk Ornithologisk Forenings Tidsskrift 81: 121-128.
Hutchinson CD. (1979) Ireland's Wetlands and their Birds. Irish Wildbird Conservancy, Dublin.
Kennedy PG, Ruttledge RF & Scroope CF. (1954) Birds of Ireland.
Lyngs P (2003) Migration and winter ranges of birds in Greenland. Dansk Ornitologisk Forenings Tidsskrift 97.
Mallory ML & Gilchrist HC. (2005) Marine Birds of the Hell Gate Polynya, Nunavut, Canada. Polar Research 24: 1-7. Oliver & Boyd, Edinburgh. Meltofte H. (1976) Ornithological observations in Southern Parry Land, North Greenland 1973. Meddelelser om Gronland 205.
Briain, O' M & Healy B. (1991) Winter distribution of Light-bellied Brent Geese Branta bernicla hrota in Ireland. Irish Birds 79: 317-326.
Ruttledge RF. (1996) Ireland's Birds. Witherby, London.
Snyder LL (19xx) Arctic Birds of Canada. University of Toronto Press, Toronto.
BREEDING BIOLOGY
Ankney CD. (1984) Nutrient reserve dynamics of breeding and molting brant. Auk 101: 361-370.
Ankney CD. & MacInnes CD. (1978) Nutrient reserves and reproductive performance in female lesser snow geese. Auk 95: 459-471.
Barry TW. (1962) Effect of late seasons on Atlantic Brant reproduction. Journal of Wildlife Management 26: 19-26.
Boyd H. & Maltby LS. (1979) The brant of the western Queen Elizabeth Islands, NWT. In Jarvis RL and Bartonek JC eds. Management and biology of Pacific Flyway geese, a Symposium. Corvallis, Oregon: Oregon State University Book Stores 5-21.
Boyd H. & Maltby LS. (1980) Weights and primary growth of brent geese moulting in the Queen Elizabeth Islands, NWT Canada. Ornis Scandinavica 11: 131-141.
Bregnballe T & Madsen J.
(1990)
Post-hatching behaviour of light-bellied Brent Geese Branta bernicla hrota.
Wildfowl 41:
27-34.
Ebbinge BS. (1989) A multifactorial explanation for variation in breeding performance of Brent Geese Branta bernicla. Ibis 131: 196-204.
Edlund SE & Alt BT. (1989) Regional congruence of vegetation and summer climate patterns in the Queen Elizabeth Islands, Northwest Territories, Canada. Arctic 42: 3-23.
Maltby LS. (1977) Techniques used for capture, handling and marking of brant in the Canadian High Arctic. Canadian Wildlife Service Progress Notes 72. 6p.
Maltby-Prevett L, Boyd H & Heyland JD. (1975) Observations in Iceland and northwest Europe of brant from the Queen Elizabeth Islands, NWT Canada. Bird Banding 46: 155-161.
O'Briain M, Reed A & MacDonald SD. (1998) Breeding, Moulting and Site Fidelity of Brant Branta bernicla on Bathurst and Seymour Islands in the Canadian High Arctic. Arctic 51: 350-360.
Summers RW. (1986) Breeding production of dark-bellied brent geese Branta b. bernicla in relation to lemming cycles. Bird Study 33: 105-108.
Summers RW & Underhill LG. (1987) Factors related to breeding production of brent geese Branta b. bernicla and waders Charadrii on the Taimyr Peninsula. Bird Study 34: 161-171.
MIGRATION
Alerstam T, Gudmndsson GA, Jonsson PE, Karlsson J & Lindstrom A. (1990) Orientation, migration routes and flight behaviour of knots, turnstones and brant geese departing from Iceland in spring. Arctic 43: 201-214.
Boertmann D, Mosbech A & Frimer O. (1997) Autumn migration of Light-bellied Brent Geese Branta bernicla hrota through north-west Greenland. Wildfowl 48: 98-107.
Clausen P & Bustnes JO. (1998) Flyways of the North Atlantic Brent geese Branta bernicla hrota reassessed by satellite telemetry. In: F Mehlum, JM Black & J Madsen (eds) Research on Arctic Geese ##########
Dau CP. (1992) The fall migration of Pacific Flyway Brent Branta bernicla in relation to climatic conditions. Wildfowl 43: 80-95.
Ebbinge BS & Spaans B. (1995) The importance of body-reserves accumulated in spring staging areas in the temperate zone for breeding in dark-bellied brent geese Branta b. bernicla in the High Arctic. Journal of Avian Biology 26: 105-113.
Green M & Alerstam T. (2000) Flight speeds and climb rates of Brent Geese: mass-dependent differences between spring and autumn migration. Journal of Avian Biology 31: 215-225.
Gudmundsson GA, Benvenuti S, Alerstam T, Papi F, Lilliendahl K & Akesson S. (1995) Examining the limits of flight orientation performance: satellite tracking of brent geese migrating across the Greenland ice-cap. Proc. Royal Soc. London B. 261: 73-79.
Gunnarsson TG, Gill JA, Atkinson PA, Gelinaud G, Potts PM, Croger RE, Gudmundsson GA, Appleton GF & Sutherland WJ. (2006) Population-scale drivers of individual arrival times in migratory birds. Journal of Animal Ecology 75: 1119-1127.
Hobson KA & Wassenaar LI. 2008 Tracking animal migration with Stable Isotopes. Elsevier/Academic Press, London.
Madsen J, Bregnballe T & Mehlum. (1989) Study of the breeding ecology and behaviour of the Svalbard population of light-bellied brent goose Branta bernicla hrota. Polar Research 7: 1-21.
Marra PP, Hobson KA & Holmes RT. (1998) Linking winter and summer events in a migratory bird by using stable-carbon isotopes. Science 282: 1884-1886.
O' Briain M, Carruthers TD & Sheridan V. (1986) Transitory staging of Brent Goose in Ireland. Irish Birds 3: 286.
Ward DH & Flint PL. (1995) Effects of harness-attached transmitters on premigration and reproduction of brant. Journal of Wildlife Management 54: 39-46.
POPULATION DYNAMICS
Bauer S, Van Dinther M, Hodga K-A, Klaassen M & Madsen J. (2008) The consequences of climate-driven stop-over sites changes on migration schedules and fitness of Arctic geese. Journal of Animal Ecology doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2008.01381.x
Sedinger et al. 2008 Fidelity and breeding probability related to population density and individual quality in black brent geese Branta bernicla nigricans. Journal of Animal Ecology 77: 702-712.
Ward DH, Reed A, Sedinger JS, Black JM, Derksen DV & Castelli PM. (2005) North American Brant: effects of changes in habitat and climate on population dynamics. Global Change Biology 11: 869-880.
ZOSTERA
PhD Theses
Inger, R. (2006) Factors affecting prey choice in a despotic herbivore. University of Glasgow.
Tinkler (XX)
Stone (XX)
Campton (xx)
Mathers (xx)
O' Briain M. (1989) The social organisation, population ecology and distribution of Light-bellied Brent Geese Branta bernicla hrota, wintering in Ireland. Unpubl. PhD thesis, University College Dublin.
OTHER SOURCES
Portenko LA. (1972) Birds of the Chukchi Peninsula and Wrangel Island. Volume 1. Nauka, Leningrad.Jehl, JR Jnr (2004) Birdlife of the Churchill Region: Status, History, Biology. Churchill
Manning TH, Hohn EO & Macpherson AH. (1956) The Birds of Banks Island. National Museun of Canada Bulletin No. 143, Dept. of Northern Affairs and National Resources, Canada.
LATEST PUBLICATIONS
AEWA Single Species Action Plan (PDF)Sedinger et al. 2008 Fidelity and breeding probability related to population density and individual quality in black brent geese Branta bernicla nigricans. Journal of Animal Ecology 77: 702-712.
Hobson KA & Wassenaar LI. 2008 Tracking animal migration with Stable Isotopes. Includes a chapter by Stuart Bearhop and others Future directions and challenges for using stable isotopes in advancing terrestrial animal migration research
Tinkler, E et al. 2007 Parent-offspring associations in wintering Brent Geese: parental investment or mutual assistance? Journal of Zoology 272: 398-405.
Tinkler, E. et al. 2007 Shared or unshared parental care in overwintering brent geese (Branta bernicla hrota). Ethology, 113, 368-376.
Inger R. et al. 2006. Using daily ration models and stable isotopes to predict biomass depletion by herbivores. Journal of Applied Ecology 43: 1022-1030.
Inger, R. et al. 2006 Temporal and intrapopulation variation in prey choice of wintering geese determined by stable isotope analysis. Journal of Animal Ecology 75: 1190-1200.
Fred Cooch's website www.goose.org has useful information on individual projects around the world on a variety of species
Other interesting webpages:
Washington Brant Foundation 'Established to promote the conservation and responsible management of Brant and other marine species in the Pacific flyway', this website is a useful resource to find out what is happening on the Pacific coast.
Wetlands International Goose Specialist Group chaired by Dr Bart Ebbinge provides information on projects on a variety of species, contact information and meetings of the GSG.
Greenland White fronted Goose Study Group is exactly what the name suggests! Useful resources, background, history etc. on this flyway populaton of Greater White-fronted Goose.