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Reasons for the Reduction in the Population of the Western Subspecies of the Bean Goose (Anser fabalis fabalis and Anser fabalis rossicus): What Do the Ringing Data Say?

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An analysis of the data of the ring recoveries from bean geese (Anser fabalis), ringed from 1960 to 2013 on wintering grounds in the Netherlands, where a subspecies was indicated for a significant part of the birds (A. f. fabalis or A. f. rossicus), is given. Most of the finds were registered on the territory of the former Soviet Union, mainly in the Russian Federation. The hypothesis is tested that the subspecies A. f. fabalis is exposed to more hunting pressure than A. f. rossicus. To test this, a comparison is made of the survival periods of birds of the two subspecies and an analysis of the seasonal distribution of finds of ringed birds. The average life expectancy of A. f. fabalis (compared to A. f. rossicus), a long-term shift in the timing of production in the direction of spring hunting, and the possible change in wintering regions of the bean goose (increase in the importance of Eastern European wintering) as another reason for the sharp decrease in the number of wintering A. f. fabalis in the Netherlands are discussed.

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Materials from the Ring Recoveries Database and the archive of letters from the Bird Ringing Center of the IPEE RAS were used in this work. The program for calculating differences in the distribution of finds of ringed birds using the Mardia test was provided by S.P. Kharitonov. The tagging of the bean goose on Vaygach Island was carried out under the guidance of E.V. Syroechkovskii and with the participation of N.B. Konyukhov. The authors are especially grateful to the organizer of goose ringing in the Netherlands, G. Muskens, and his team, ringers J. Burgers and J. Smith.

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This work was supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (project no. 19-44-890003 r_a), and within the framework of a State Assignment of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation (project no. AAAA-A19-119021190073-8).

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  1. Institute for Problems of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences, 119071, Moscow, Russia

    I. N. Panov, K. E. Litvin & S. B. Rosenfeld

  2. Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, 199034, St. Petersburg, Russia

    I. N. Panov

  3. Wageningen University, Droevendaalsesteeg, 3A NL-6708 PB, Wageningen, The Netherlands

    B. S. Ebbinge

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Panov, I.N., Litvin, K.E., Ebbinge, B.S. et al. Reasons for the Reduction in the Population of the Western Subspecies of the Bean Goose (Anser fabalis fabalis and Anser fabalis rossicus): What Do the Ringing Data Say?. Biol Bull Russ Acad Sci 49, 839–850 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1062359022070147

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