Literature type: Rep.article
Language:
English
Full reference: Kaartinen, R. 2004. Monitoring spring migration of Lesser White-fronted Goose in Finnish and Norwegian Lapland, and surveys\nin former core breeding area in Finland in 2001-2003. , In: Aarvak, T. & Timonen, S. (eds.). Fennoscandian Lesser White-fronted Goose conservation project. Report 2001-2003. WWF Finland Report No 20 & Norwegian Ornithological Society, NOF Rapportserie Report No 1-2004: pp. 25-26.
Keywords: Annual report, monitoring
Literature type: Scientific
Journal: Bird Conservation International
Volume: 13 , Pages: 213-226.
DOI: 10.1017/S0959270903003174
Language:
English
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Full reference: Aarvak, T. & Øien, I.J. 2003. Moult and autumn migration of non-breeding Fennoscandian Lesser White-fronted Geese Anser erythropus mapped by satellite telemetry. Bird Conservation International 13: 213-226. https://www.dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0959270903003174
Keywords: migration
Abstract:
In this study we demonstrate that non-breeding adult Lesser White-fronted Geese Anser erythropus from the Fennoscandian breeding population may undertake long-distance moult migration eastwards. Of three individuals equipped with satellite transmitters at a spring staging site in northern Norway, two migrated to moulting sites in the area of Kolgujev Island and Kanin Peninsula, while the third headed towards the Taimyr Peninsula, all in northern Russia. The first leg of the moult migration route for non-breeders was between Finnmark, Norway and the Kanin Peninsula area in north-western Russia, a similar route to that taken on autumn migration by Fennoscandian Lesser White-fronted Geese that had bred successfully. After the moulting period, one of the individuals followed a south-western route to Poland and Germany, where it spent the first part of the winter. The satellite signals from the other two geese ceased abruptly in early autumn, indicating that the birds may have been illegally shot in Russia. Locating new moulting and migration stopover sites is of crucial importance for the conservation of the critically endangered Fennoscandian subpopulation of this species.
Literature type: Rep.article
Language:
English
Full reference: Tegelström, H., Ruokonen, M. & Löfgren, S. 2001. The genetic status of the captive Lesser White-fronted Geese used for breeding and reintroduction in Sweden and Finland. , In: Tolvanen, P., Øien, I.J. & Ruokolainen, K. (eds.). Fennoscandian Lesser White-fronted Goose conservation project. Annual report 2000. WWF Finland Report 13 & Norwegian Ornithological Society, NOF Rapportserie Report No 1-2001: pp. 37-39.
Keywords: Annual report, monitoring, reintroduction
Literature type: Rep.article
Language:
English
Full reference: Øien, I.J., Tolvanen, P. & Aarvak, T. 2001. Status of the core breeding area for Lesser White-fronted Geese in Norway. , In: Tolvanen, P., Øien, I.J. & Ruokolainen, K. (eds.). Fennoscandian Lesser White-fronted Goose conservation project. Annual report 2000. WWF Finland Report 13 & Norwegian Ornithological Society, NOF Rapportserie Report No 1-2001: pp. 24-25.
Keywords: Annual report, monitoring
Literature type: Rep.article
Language:
English
Full reference: Syroechkovski Jr., E.E. 2000. New breeding and moulting areas of Lesser White-fronted Goose revealed in Indigirka, Yakutia. , In: Tolvanen, P., Øien, I.J. & Ruokolainen, K. (eds.). Fennoscandian Lesser White-fronted Goose conservation project. Annual report 1999. WWF Finland Report 12 & Norwegian Ornithological Society, NOF rapportserie Report No 1-2000: pp. 39-40.
Keywords: conservation, monitoring, Fennoscandian annual
Literature type: Scientific
Journal: Conservation Genetics
Volume: 1 , Pages: 277-283.
Language:
English
Full reference: Ruokonen, M., Kvist, L., Tegelström, H., Lumme, J. 2000. Goose hybrids, captive breeding and restocking of the Fennoscandian populations of the Lesser White-fronted goose (Anser erythropus). Conservation Genetics 1: 277-283. https://www.dx.doi.org/10.1023/A:1011509922762
Keywords: captive stock, hybrids, mitochondrial DNA, reintroduction
Abstract:
The lesser white-fronted goose (Anser erythropus) is the most threatened of the Palearctic goose species with a declining population trend throughout its distributional range. The current estimate of the Fennoscandian subpopulation size is 30–50 breeding pairs, whereas it still numbered more than 10 000 individuals at the beginning of the last century. Reintroduction and restocking have been carried out in Sweden and Finland using captive lesser white-fronted goose stock with unknown origins. We have carried out a study of the genetic composition of captive-bred stock by sequencing a 221 bp hypervariable fragment of the mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) control region from 15 individuals from the Hailuoto farm, Finland. Two out of the three maternal lineages detected in the captive stock are also present in wild populations. The third maternal lineage among the captive lesser white-fronted geese originates from the closely related greater white-fronted goose (Anser albifrons). None of the investigated wild lesser white-fronted goose individuals carried themtDNA of the greater white-fronted goose. The presence of greater white-fronted goose mtDNA in the lesser white-fronted goose captive stock suggests that hybridization has occurred during captive propagation.
Literature type: Rep.article
Language:
English
Full reference: Pääläinen, J. & Timonen, S. 2000. Field surveys in possible breeding areas of Lesser White-fronted Goose in Lapland and Finnmark. , In: Tolvanen, P., Øien, I.J. & Ruokolainen, K. (eds.). Fennoscandian Lesser White-fronted Goose conservation project. Annual report 1999. WWF Finland Report 12 & Norwegian Ornithological Society, NOF rapportserie Report No 1-2000: p. 34.
Keywords: conservation, monitoring, Fennoscandian annual
Literature type: Rep.article
Language:
English
Full reference: Markkola, J., Timonen, S. & Nieminen, P. 1999. The Finnish breeding and restocking project of the Lesser White-fronted Goose: results and the current situation in 1998. , In: Tolvanen, P., Øien, I.J. & Ruokolainen, K. (eds.). Fennoscandian Lesser White-fronted Goose conservation project. Annual report 1998. WWF Finland Report 10 & Norwegian Ornithological Society, NOF rapportserie Report No 1-1999.: pp. 47-50.
Keywords: conservation, monitoring, Fennoscandian annual, reintroduction
Literature type: Book
Language:
Finnish
(In Finnish with Swedish summary)
Full reference: Väisänen, R.A., Lammi, E. & koskimies, P. 1998. Muuttuva pesimälinnusto. , Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava, Helsingissä. 567 pp.
Keywords: distribution, numbers, population change, Finland, breeding birds
Literature type: Thesis
Language:
English
Full reference: 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 Lantbruk.
Keywords: habitat
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