Tracking the Autumn Migration of the Bar-Headed Goose (Anser indicus) with Satellite Telemetry and Relationship to Environmental Conditions

Table 1

Vegetation types in bar-headed goose home range around Qinghai Lake, China. Data was provided by the Computer Network Information Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences and vegetation types identified by the Qinghai Lake National Nature Reserve.

Vegetation types	Community	Distributed sites
Steppe	Stipa krylovii	Upper Lucidao, Dandao
	Allium przewalskianum	Haixinshan, Dandao
	Leymus spp.	Niaodao
	Leymus spp., Alkaligrass	North of Buhahe Delta
	Artemisiia annua linn	Sankuaishi
Desert steppe	Stipa breviflora	Gazihe, Haixinshan
Swamp meadow	Blysmus sinocompressus	Garila, Heimahe,
		Gazihe wetland
	Blysmus sinocompressus,	Daotanghe wetland
	Blysmus sinocompressus	Qinghaihunongchang
	Blysmus sinocompressus,	Dandao
	Blysmus sinocompressus,	East of Shadao
	Polygonum sibiricum, Glaux	Lower Lucidao
	Alkaligrass	Shenhekou
	Alkaligrass, Polygonum sibiricum	Quanwan wetland
	Polygonum sibiricum, Glaux	Tiebuqiahekou
	Kobresia graminifolia	Xiaohupo
	Eleocharis valleculosa	Hadatan
Saline meadow	Leymus spp., Potentilla anserine	Qaunjihekou
	Alkaligrass, Glaux maritima	Shaliuhekou
	Alkaligrass, Glaux maritime, sedge	Shadao
	Polygonum sibiricum	Shaliuhekou 2
Alpine meadow	Kobresia pygmaea, Kobresia	Village of Garila
Shrubs	Myricaria squamosa	Buhahe, Shaliuhe
Abandoned cropland	Snowmastiff, Wildrye Leymus spp.	Qinghaihunongchang