The Goose Specialist Groupseeks to strengthen contacts

between all researchers on migratory goose populations

in the northern hemisphere

® 1996 Martin Mere

® 2005 Sopron

® 2000 De Haan

® 2002 El Rocio

® 1998 Kavarna

® 2001 Roosta

® 2004 Odessa

® 1995 Poland

The Goose Specialist Group

® 2007 Xanten

1999 Matsushima ®®®

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NAAG Triennial North American Arctic Goose conference

Craig Ely

East Asian flywayMasayuki Kurechi

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1999 Matsushima ®®®

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® East Asian flywayMasayuki Kurechi

® St Petersburg ®® Olonets

® Moscow

Russian Goose,Swan and Duck Study GroupThird International Waterfowl Symposium

of Northern EurasiaSt.Peterburg October 2005

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NAAG Triennial North American Arctic Goose conference

Craig Ely

Are migratory birds a serious riskfor spreading of avian flu ?

Cartoon by Tijs Tinbergen

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N = 35 000n1 = 10 000n2 = 5000n3 = 20 000

1960.a.

White-fronted Goose (Anser a. albifrons)

N=2555

Recoveries of birds caught and ringed with metal rings in winter in the Netherlands1953-2000

Research using satellite transmitters on Greater White-fronted Geese

byHelmut Kruckenberg and Gerard Müskens

www.blessgans.de

1999 Matsushima ®®®

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® St Petersburg ®® Olonets

® Moscow

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® Ladakh

Next meeting May 2008Prakash Gole & Taej Mundkur

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