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A preliminary analysis of the diet composition of overwintering Bean geese (Anser fabalis) and greater white-fronted geese (A. albifrons) in Korea using PCR on fecal samples

Title
A preliminary analysis of the diet composition of overwintering Bean geese (Anser fabalis) and greater white-fronted geese (A. albifrons) in Korea using PCR on fecal samples
Author(s)
Lee, Sang DonKim, Min KyungLee, Sang ImKim, Baek Jun
Issued Date
2017-02
Citation
Animal Cells and Systems, v.21, no.2, pp.141 - 145
Type
Article
Author Keywords
DietfecesAnser fabalisAnser albifronsSouth Korea
Keywords
SEX IDENTIFICATIONGENETIC-ANALYSISCONSERVATIONDNATOOLSBIRDSRICE
ISSN
1976-8354
Abstract
Bean geese (Anser fabalis) and Greater white-fronted geese (Anser albifrons) are the dominant wintering waterfowl in South Korea. Although they are commonly observed in estuaries and rice fields during the winter, the diet composition of the geese during the winter has rarely been studied. In this study, we provide the results from preliminary analyses on the diet of these two geese species overwintering in Daebu Island of South Korea. We used a total of 13 fecal samples from Bean geese (n = 4) and Greater white-fronted geese (n = 9), and performed a BLAST search for the sequences obtained from 87 clones (n = 36 for Bean geese and n = 51 for Greater white-fronted geese). The diet of Bean geese consisted of five families of plants: Caryophyllaceae (75.0%), Poaceae (13.9%), Asteraceae (5.5%), Polygonaceae (2.8%) and Cucurbitacea (2.8%). On the other hand, the diet of Greater white-fronted geese consisted of 6 families of plants: Poaceae (74.5%), Caryophyllaceae (9.8%), Solanacea (5.9%), Portulacaceae (3.9%), Lamiaceae (3.9%) and Brassicaceae (2.0%). We found that plants of the rice family (Poaceae) are important in the diet of wintering geese, especially for Greater white-fronted geese. This knowledge can be used to establish conservation strategies of the geese overwintering in South Korea. © 2017 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11750/5653
DOI
10.1080/19768354.2017.1308437
Publisher
한국통합생물학회
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