Foraging geese, vegetation loss and soil degradation in an Arctic salt marsh

• Published in: Applied Vegetation Science
• Main Authors: Jefferies, Robert L., Rockwell, Robert F.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2002
• Subjects: Arctic; La Pérouse Bay
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1654-109x.2002.tb00531.x; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1654-109X.2002.tb00531.x; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1654-109X.2002.tb00531.x

Abstract. The North American mid‐continent population of Lesser snow geese ( Chen caerulescens caerulescens L.) has increased by ca. 7% per year, largely as a result of geese feeding on agricultural crops in winter and on migration. We describe the long‐term effects of increasing numbers of geese at...