General publications
Aarvak, T. & Øien, I.J. 1997. Satellites track Russian Lesser White-fronts. WWF Arctic Bulletin 1997(3): 16-18.
Aarvak, T. & Øien, I.J. 1997. Survey of Lesser White-fronted Goose in Bulgaria 1996. Za ptizite 2:8. (In Bulgarian).
Aarvak, T. & Øien, I.J. 1998. Ringing of Lesser White-fronted Geese Anser erythropus in Norway and Russia in 1997, and some Internet-links for information about. Ringmerkaren 10:155-159. geese (In Norwegian with English summary).
Aarvak, T., Øien, I.J. & Nagy, S. 1996. The Lesser White-fronted Goose monitoring programme. Annual report 1996. Norwegian Ornithological Society, Klæbu. NOF rapport serie. Report No.7-1996.
Aarvak, T., Øien, I.J., Lorentsen, S-H. & Brøseth, H. 1995. The Lesser White-fronted Goose monitoring programme. Annual report 1995. Norwegian Ornithological Society, Klæbu. NOF rapport serie. Report No.4-1995.
Aarvak, T., Øien, I.J. & Lorentsen, S-H. 1996. Ringmerking av dverggås Anser erythropus i Norge. Ringmerkaren 8:199-201. (In Norwegian with English summary)
Alphéraky, S. 1905. The geese of Europe and Asia. Rowland Ward, Ltd., London. (translation of Gusi Rossii published in Russia 1904).
Anonymous 1997. Lesser White-fronts racing to extinction. Birding World 10:120.
Anonymous 1999. Lesser White-fronted Goose. In: Biological Diversity in the Barents Region. The Barents Euro-Arctic Region. Brochure 16 pp. BirdLife International 1998: Update on satellite tracking of Lesser White-fronted Geese. BirdLife in Europe 3 no.4:2.
Anonymous 1999. The status of Lesser White-fronted goose in Europe and beyond. The Fennoscandian Lesser White-fronted Goose Conservation project. Birding World 12:242–246.
Arkiomaa, A. & Tolvanen, P. 1998. Kiljuhanhi esiintyy keväällä Venäjän Karjalassa. Jahti 34(2): 14-16. (Lesser White-fronted Goose occurs in Russian Carelia during spring migration; in Finnish with Swedish summary).
Artiukhov, A.I. & Syroechkovski Jr., E.E. 1999. New data on distribution of Lesser White-fronted Goose in the Abyi Lowland (Eastern Yakutia). Bulletin of Goose Study Group of Eastern Europe and North Asia (Casarca) 5:136–143. (In Russian with English summary).
Baker, K. 1993. Identification guide to European non-passerines. BTO Guide 24. British Trust for Ornithology, Thetford.
Bauer, K. M. & Glütz von Blotzheim, U. N. 1968. Handbuch der Vögel Mitteleuropas. Band 2. 534 s.
Beer, J.V., Dalgety, C.T., Rankin, N., Swanberg, P.O. & Wayne, P. 1956. Some photographic studies of White-fronted and Lesser White-fronted Geese. British Birds 49:216-218.
Belkovsky, A.N. & Fomin, V.V. 1998. The spring migration of the Lesser White-fronted Goose on the Bering Island. Bulletin of Goose Study Group of Eastern Europe and North Asia (Casarca) 4:197. (In Russian with English summary).
van den Berg, A.B., Ebels, E.B. & Gebuis, H. 1995. Break-through of Lesser White-fronted Geese wintering in the Netherlands. Dutch Birding 17:70-72.
BirdLife International1996. Tracking success with geese. World Birdwatch 18 (1):3.
BirdLife International 1996. Radio-tagged birds show the value of the IBA network. European IBA News 7(15):1.
BirdLife International 1996. Lesser White-fronted Goose. BirdLife in Europe 7(16):2.
BirdLife International 1997. Reserve for Lesser White-fronted Goose. BirdLife in Europe 2 (2):5.
Blair, H.M.S. 1936. On the birds of East Finmark. Part II. The Ibis 6(3). s. 449.
Blaauw, F.E. 1923. On the breeding of Anser erythropus at Gooilust. Ibis 65:415-417.
Bochenski, Z., Ginter, b., Kozlowski, J.K., Mook, W.G., Muszynski, M., Nadachowski, A., Stworzewicz, E. & Szyndlar, Z. 1985. Excavations of the rock shelters in Zalas near Krakow (Poland). Folia Quaternaria 0 (56):3-56. (In Polish)
Boev, N. 1985. Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus (L. 1758). P.58 in Botev, B. & Peshev, T. (eds). Red Data Book of Bulgaria. Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (BAS), Sofia.
Borzhonov, B.B. 1968. On the spring migration of geese in Central and West Taymyr in 1966 and 1967. In: Waterfowl resources in the USSR: their reproduction and use, part 2. Moscow. Pp.: 54-55.
Bouwma, I.M., Jongman, R.H.G. & Butovsky, R.O. (eds.) 2002. Identification of animal species (fish, mammals, birds and butterflies) distribution and their movements within the scale of the Pan-European Ecological Network in Central and Eastern Europe. Wageningen. (Chapter about LWfG, pp.:228-233.). Collar, N. J. & Andrew, P. 1988. Birds to Watch. The ICBP World Chechlist of Threatened Birds. ICBP Techn. Publ. No.8, Cambridge. P. 18.
Collar, N.J., Crosby, M.J. & Stattersfield, A.J. 1994. Birds to watch 2: the world list of threatened birds. BirdLife Intenational, Cambridge, U.K. BirdLife Conservation Series no. 4.
Coordinating Committee for Northern Areas & WWF Arctic Programme. 1996. Protected areas in the Barents region. Proceedings from the first Finnish-norwegian-Russian seminar on protected areas in the barents region, Svanvik, Norway, November 24-27 1995.
Cramp, J. S. & Simmons, K.E.L. 1977. Handbook of the birds of Europe, the middle east, and North Africa. Vol. I. Ostrich to ducks. Oxford University Press, Oxford. Pp. 409-413.
Davies, H.H. & Scott, P. 1946. Lesser White-fronted Geese on Severn. British Birds 39:77-79.
Davidson, A. 1954. A birdwatcher in Skandinavia. Chapman & Hall. 208pp.
Degtyarev, A.G. & Perfilyev, V.I. 1996. The Lesser White-fronted Goose (Anser erythropus) in Yakutia. Bulletin of Goose Study Group of Eastern Europe and North Asia (Casarca) 2:113-124. (In Russian with English summary).
Delacour, J. 195x. The waterfowl of the world. Arco Publ. Company, Inc., New York. Vol. 1. (pp. 111-114)
Dementiev, G.P. & Gladkov, N.A. 1952. Birds of the Soviet Union. Vol.4. 1967 translation, Israel Program for Scientific Translation, Jerusalem.
Drobovtsev, V. 1972. Character of the spring and autumn passage of geese in the North-Kazakhstan region. s.137-138 in: Kumari, E. (ed.). Geese in the USSR. Proceedings of a conference Estonia, May 1970. Academy of sciences of the Estonian SSR, Tartu.
Engström, H. 2007. Hur skall det gå for fjällgåsen? Oförmåga till samsyn motverkar kraftfulla bevarandeinnsatser. Vår Fågelvärld 1/2007: 22-25 (in Swedish) Full text pdf (0.3MB)»
von Essen, L. 1982. An effort to reintroduce the Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus into the Scandinavian Mountains. Aquila 89:103-105.
von Essen, L. 1991. A note on the Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus in Sweden and the result of a re-introduction scheme. Ardea 79(2):305-306.
Von Essen, L., Ouweneel, G.L. & van den Berg, A.B. 1993. Origin of colour-ringed Lesser White-fronted Goose at Strijen. Dutch Birding 15:220-224.
von Essen, L. 1996. Reintroduction of Lesser White-fronted Geese (Anser erythropus) in Swedish Lapland (1981-1991). Gibier Faune Sauvage, Game Wildl. 13:1169-1180.
von Essen, L. 1999. New data on several projects on the Lesser White-fronted Goose. Bulletin of Goose Study Group of Eastern Europe and North Asia (Casarca) 5:155–157. (In Russian).
von Essen, L., Markkola, J., Aarvak, T. & Øien, I.J. 1994. The Lesser White-fronted Goose (Anser erythropus) in Fennoscandia - past and present distribution. Proc. Anatidae 2000 conf. Strasbourg, France. Poster abstract.
von Essen, L., Ouweneel, G.L. & van den Berg, A.B. 1993. Herkomst van gekleurringde Dwerggans te Strijen. Dutch Birding 15:220-224.
Evans, M.I. 1994. Important bird areas in the Middle East. Birdlife Conservation Series No.2.
Farago, S. 1995. Geese in Hungary 1986-1991. Numbers, migration and hunting bags. IWRB Publication 36.
Farago, S., Kovcas, G. & Sterbetz, T. 1991. Goose populations staging and wintering in Hungary 1984-1988. Ardea 79: 161-164.
Friberg, U. 1997. Habitat selection of the Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus, during the breeding season in Northern Finland and Norway. Examenarbete i ämnet skoglig zooekologi. Institutionen för skoglig zooekologi. 1997: 4. Sveriges Lantbrukuniversitet SLU 901 Umeå. 28 pgs.
Ganzenwerkgroep-Ned-Belg. 1992. Goose counts in the Netherlands and Belgium in 1989/1990. Limosa 65(4):163-169.
Georgiev, D., Stoikov, S., Marinov, M. & Stoyanova, S. 1994. Lesser White-fronted Goose (Anser erythropus). Neophron 1/94:11.
Green, A.G. 1992. Wildfowl at risk, 1992. Wildfowl 43:160-184.
Grinchenko, A.B. 2001. Migration and wintering of Lesser White-fronted Geese in Crimea. Bulletin of Goose, Swan and Duck Study Group of Northern Eurasia (Casarca) 7:130–136. (In Russian, with English summary and legends).
Groombridge, B. (ed) 1993. 1994 IUCN Red Lists of threatened animals. Gland, Switzerland, and Cambridge, U.K.: IUCN.
Gurtovaya, E.N. 1995. A new record of the reintroduced Lesser White-fronted Goose. Geese Study Group Bull. of Eastern Europe, No.1, 1995:142-146. (with english summary).
Gurtovaya, E., Tolvanen, P., Eskelin, T., Øien, I.J., Bragina, T., Aarvak, T., Eichhorn, G., Arkiomaa, A., & Timonen, S. 1999. Preliminary results of the Lesser White-fronted Goose monitoring in Kazakhstan in October 1999. Bulletin of Goose Study Group of Eastern Europe and North Asia (Casarca) 5:145–154. (In Russian with English summary).
Gurney, J.H. 1902. On Anser erythropus and its allies. Ibis 44:269-275.
Handrinos, G. I. 1991. The status of geese in Greece. Ardea 79: 175-178.
Handrinos, G.I. & Goutner, V. 1990. On the occurence of the Lesser White-fronted goose Anser erythropus in Greece. Journal für Ornithologie 131(2):160-165.
Heinicke, T. & Ryslavy, T. 2002. Bird observations in Azerbaidshan. Report about an ornithological survey from 24th February to 11th March 2001. Report for the Michael Succow Foundation for the Protection of Nature, Potsdam. 46pp. Full text pdf (1.3MB)»
del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A. & Sargatal, J. 1992. Handbook of the birds of the world, 1. Barcelona, Lynx Edicions.
Hu, H. et. al. 1990. The influence of habitat destruction on the waterbirds from lakes in the Yangtze and the Han river basins. Pp. ??-?? in: Matthews, G.V.T. (ed.) Managing Waterfowl Populations. Proc. IWRB Symp., Astrakhan, 1989. IWRB Spec. Publ. 12, Slimbridge.
Hu, H. et. al. 1994. Species diversity of waterfowl on the Honghu Lake with an assessment of the environmental impacts. Pp. 129-134, in: Lu, J. et.al. (eds.). Waterbird research in China. East China Normal University Press, Shanghai. 234 p. (In Chinese)
Hötker, H. 1995. Avifaunistical records of the expeditions to Taimyr in the years 1989, 1990, 1991. Pp. 34-89 in: Prokosch, P. & Hötker, H. (eds) 1995. Faunistik und Naturschutz auf Taimyr - Expeditionen 1989-1991. Corax 16, Sonderheft. Sonderheft der Schriftenreihe Nationalpark Schleswig-Holsteinisches Wattenmer.
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Kalyakin, V.N. 1995. Notes on distribution of goose species in coastal regions of the Barents Sea and in the north of West Siberia. Geese Study Group Bull. of Eastern Europe 1:150-157. (In Russian with English summary).
Kalyakin, V.N. 1996. About the Lesser White-fronted Goose (Anser erythropus) on Novaya Zemlja islands. Bulletin of Goose Study Group of Eastern Europe and North Asia (Casarca) 2:135-136. (In Russian with English summary).
Kauppinen J, Hintikka E-L, Iivanainen E, Katila M-L. 2001. PCR-based typing of Mycobacterium avium isolates in an epidemic among farmed lesser white-fronted geese (Anser erythropus). Vet. Microbiol. 2001:81:41-50.
King, J. 1997. Lesser White-fronts: problems and solutions. Birding World 10(1):2.
Koffjberg K., Cottaar F. & van der Jeugd H. 2005. Pleisterplaatsen van Dwergganzen Anser erythropus in Nederland. SOVON-informatierapport 2005/06. SOVON Vogelonderzoek Nederland, Beek-Ubbergen. (In Dutch with English summary and cations) Full text PDF(3MB)»
Koffijberg, K., Cottaar, F. & van der Jeugd, H. 2006. Toename van Dwergganzen in Nederland in 1989-2005. Limosa 79: 107-122. (in Dutch with Englishsummary) Full text pdf (0.6MB)»
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Korovin, V.A. 1997. On the spring migration of the Lesser White-fronted Goose (Anser erythropus) in the steppes of Tranuralye. Bulletin of Goose Study Group of Eastern Europe and North Asia (Casarca) 3:196-197. (In Russian with English summary).
Kovács, G. 1988. A Hortobágy marárvilágának ökofaunisztikai vizsgálata - Ecofaunistical investigation of the avifauna of the Hortobagy (1971-1986). Pp. 113-208 in: Tóth, A. (ed.) Tudományos kutatások a Hortobágyi Nemzeti Parkban 1976-1985. Budapest.
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Lahti, K. & Markkola, J. 1995. Ringing recovery of a Finnish Lesser White-fronted Goose from the Russian areas. IWRB Goose Research Group Bulletin, No 6, August 1995. Pp. 27-28.
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