Map of Goose Migration Strategies (IMAGE)

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Map of Goose Migration Strategies

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This animated map of goose migration strategies shows that in warm spring such as that in 2015, barnacle geese skip stopovers halfway the migration to advance arrival on their Arctic breeding grounds.

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Thomas Lameris/NIOO-KNAW

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