Vegetation phenology of geese's summering grounds in MP

Combining geese tracking data and MODIS NDVI data, we demonstrated synchrony between goose breeding phenology and vegetation growing seasons: gosling hatching coincided with vegetation greening peak (Start of Season, SOS), autumn migration with vegetation yellowing peak (End of Season, EOS). We determined temporal and geographical variation in vegetation SOS, EOS and the Length of Season (LOS = EOS-SOS) as a proxy for gosling development windows across the MP.