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54 Taiga Bean Goose at Sarobetsu, Japan
©Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust Wildfowl (2013) 63: 40–55
The habitat of the two core roosting sites
of Taiga Bean Geese in the Sarobetsu
staging area, Lake Penke in autumn and
Furaoi Oxbow Lake in spring, are both being
lost to environmental degradation which is
likely to have a direct and severe influence
upon the attractiveness of the entire
Sarobetsu Plain to the “near threatened”
Japanese population of the Taiga Bean
Geese. The conservation of habitat for this
population is therefore critical and urgently
requires further investigation.
Acknowledgements
We thank Wildfowl editor Dr Eileen Rees,
associate editor Prof Tony Fox, and the
anonymous referees for their thoughtful
comments to clarify the original manuscript.
We would like to express our deepest
appreciation and thanks to Toshihiko
Fujimoto, Hiromi Sato and Dr Angela
Turner for contributing precious
information and to Claude Guex for his
careful review of the manuscript. We are
grateful to Masayuki Kurechi for giving
us useful information and especially for
his considerable effort as President of
the Japanese Association for Wild
Geese Protection in negotiations with
Rumoi Development and Construction
Department to minimize adverse impacts
due to the “Development Project of the
Rivers of Teshio River System”. Our special
thanks go to Dr Mark Brazil for his help in
improving the manuscript and for his
regular visits in the field.
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