The dilemma of where to nest: influence of spring snow cover, food proximity and predator abundance on reproductive success of an arctic-breeding migratory herbivore is dependent on nesting habitat choice

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• 作者：Helen B. Anderson (1)
  Jesper Madsen (2)
  Eva Fuglei (3)
  Gitte H. Jensen (2)
  Sarah J. Woodin (1)
  Ren茅 van der Wal (1)
  
• 关键词：Pink ; footed geese ; Habitat ; Nesting success ; Predation ; Snow
• 刊名：Polar Biology
• 出版年：2015
• 出版时间：February 2015
• 年：2015
• 卷：38
• 期：2
• 页码：153-162
• 全文大小：2,368 KB
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• 作者单位：Helen B. Anderson (1)
  Jesper Madsen (2)
  Eva Fuglei (3)
  Gitte H. Jensen (2)
  Sarah J. Woodin (1)
  Ren茅 van der Wal (1)
  
  1. School of Biological Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, AB24 3UU, UK
  2. Department of Bioscience - Kal酶, Aarhus University, Gren氓vej 14, 8410, R酶nde, Denmark
  3. Norwegian Polar Institute, Fram Centre, 9296, Troms酶, Norway
  
• 刊物类别：Biomedical and Life Sciences
• 刊物主题：Life Sciences
  Ecology
  Oceanography
  Microbiology
  Plant Sciences
  Zoology
  
• 出版者：Springer Berlin / Heidelberg
• ISSN：1432-2056

文摘

Pink-footed geese Anser brachyrhynchus nest in two contrasting but commonly found habitats: steep cliffs and open tundra slopes. In Svalbard, we compared nest densities and nesting success in these two environments over ten breeding seasons to assess the impact of spring snow cover, food availability to nesting adults and arctic fox Vulpes lagopus (main terrestrial predator) abundance. In years with extensive spring snow cover, fewer geese at both colonies attempted to breed, possibly because snow cover limited pre-nesting feeding opportunities, leaving adults in poor breeding condition. Nesting success at the steep cliff colony was lower with extensive spring snow cover; such conditions force birds to commit to repeated and prolonged recess periods at far distant feeding areas, leaving nests open to predation. By contrast, nesting success at the open tundra slope was not affected by spring snow cover; even if birds were apparently in poor condition they could feed immediately adjacent to their nests and defend them from predators. Foxes were the main nest predator in the open tundra slopes but avian predators likely had a larger impact at the steep cliffs colony. Thus, the relative inaccessibility of the cliffs habitat may bring protection from foxes but also deprives geese from readily accessing feeding areas, with the best prospects for successful nesting in low spring snow cover years. Our findings indicate that spring snow cover, predator abundance and food proximity did not uniformly influence nesting success of this herbivore, and their effects were dependent on nesting habitat choice.