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Research Note

Predation of flightless pink-footed geese (Anser brachyrhynchus) by Atlantic walruses (Odobenus rosmarus rosmarus) in southern Edgeøya, Svalbard

Anthony D. FoxDepartment of Wildlife Ecology and Biodiversity, National Environmental Research Institute, Aarhus University, Kalø, Grenåvej 14, DK-8410 Rønde, DenmarkCorrespondence[email protected]
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Gwen F. FoxRamtenvej 54, DK-8581 Nimtofte, Denmark
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Arne LiaklevRustefjelbma, NO-9845 Tana, Norway
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Niklas GerhardssonSvalbard Huskies, PO Box 543, NO-9171 Longyearbyen, Svalbard, Norway
Pages 455-457 | Published online: 09 Feb 2017
 
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Abstract

Observations of walrus (Odobenus rosmarus rosmarus) predation of flightless pink-footed geese (Anser brachyrhynchus) at an important moult site in southern Edgeøya, Svalbard, constitute the first documented evidence of flightless Anatidae being taken by this species.

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