Where might the western Svalbard tundra be vulnerable to pink‐footed goose ( Anser brachyrhynchus) population expansion? Clues from species distribution models
ABSTRACT Pink‐footed geese ( Anser brachyrhynchus ) breed in the Arctic, where their populations have doubled since the 1980s. There is concern that nesting geese disturb the fragile tundra and lead to a trophic cascade with strong top‐down effects on vegetation and soil processes. A better understa...
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crwiley:10.1111/j.1472-4642.2007.00408.x 2024-06-02T07:55:23+00:00 Where might the western Svalbard tundra be vulnerable to pink‐footed goose ( Anser brachyrhynchus) population expansion? Clues from species distribution models Wisz, Mary S. Tamstorf, Mikkel P. Madsen, Jesper Jespersen, Martin 2007 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1472-4642.2007.00408.x https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1472-4642.2007.00408.x https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1472-4642.2007.00408.x en eng Wiley http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor Diversity and Distributions volume 14, issue 1, page 26-37 ISSN 1366-9516 1472-4642 journal-article 2007 crwiley https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1472-4642.2007.00408.x 2024-05-03T11:32:20Z ABSTRACT Pink‐footed geese ( Anser brachyrhynchus ) breed in the Arctic, where their populations have doubled since the 1980s. There is concern that nesting geese disturb the fragile tundra and lead to a trophic cascade with strong top‐down effects on vegetation and soil processes. A better understanding of the distribution of geese and factors that influence nest site selection is needed to highlight potential problem areas and assess the potential for further population expansion. To help infer the importance of environmental variables on nest site selection, we built generalized additive models using nest observations collected in 2003 and 2004 from the Sassendalen valley, Svalbard, along with a suite of geographical information system explanatory predictors. The fit of the models was very high (explaining over 72% of the deviance), and predictive power to independent samples indicated useful predictions that could discriminate between presences and absence of nests very well (area under the receiver operating characteristic curves exceeded 0.88). Significant predictors of nest site selection included elevation, slope, aspect, percentage of snow cover, percentage of foraging habitat cover, and a spatial autocovariate. Spatial predictions were applied to the broader Nordenskiöldsland region of Svalbard and highlighted the importance of previously unsurveyed locations for nesting. Article in Journal/Newspaper Anser brachyrhynchus Arctic Pink-footed Goose Svalbard Tundra Wiley Online Library Arctic Sassendalen ENVELOPE(17.211,17.211,78.266,78.266) Svalbard Diversity and Distributions 14 1 26 37 |
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ABSTRACT Pink‐footed geese ( Anser brachyrhynchus ) breed in the Arctic, where their populations have doubled since the 1980s. There is concern that nesting geese disturb the fragile tundra and lead to a trophic cascade with strong top‐down effects on vegetation and soil processes. A better understanding of the distribution of geese and factors that influence nest site selection is needed to highlight potential problem areas and assess the potential for further population expansion. To help infer the importance of environmental variables on nest site selection, we built generalized additive models using nest observations collected in 2003 and 2004 from the Sassendalen valley, Svalbard, along with a suite of geographical information system explanatory predictors. The fit of the models was very high (explaining over 72% of the deviance), and predictive power to independent samples indicated useful predictions that could discriminate between presences and absence of nests very well (area under the receiver operating characteristic curves exceeded 0.88). Significant predictors of nest site selection included elevation, slope, aspect, percentage of snow cover, percentage of foraging habitat cover, and a spatial autocovariate. Spatial predictions were applied to the broader Nordenskiöldsland region of Svalbard and highlighted the importance of previously unsurveyed locations for nesting. |
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Wisz, Mary S. Tamstorf, Mikkel P. Madsen, Jesper Jespersen, Martin Where might the western Svalbard tundra be vulnerable to pink‐footed goose ( Anser brachyrhynchus) population expansion? Clues from species distribution models |
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Where might the western Svalbard tundra be vulnerable to pink‐footed goose ( Anser brachyrhynchus) population expansion? Clues from species distribution models |
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Where might the western Svalbard tundra be vulnerable to pink‐footed goose ( Anser brachyrhynchus) population expansion? Clues from species distribution models |
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Where might the western Svalbard tundra be vulnerable to pink‐footed goose ( Anser brachyrhynchus) population expansion? Clues from species distribution models |
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Where might the western Svalbard tundra be vulnerable to pink‐footed goose ( Anser brachyrhynchus) population expansion? Clues from species distribution models |
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Where might the western Svalbard tundra be vulnerable to pink‐footed goose ( Anser brachyrhynchus) population expansion? Clues from species distribution models |
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where might the western svalbard tundra be vulnerable to pink‐footed goose ( anser brachyrhynchus) population expansion? clues from species distribution models |
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