Prioritizing refuge sites for migratory geese to alleviate conflicts with agriculture
Expanding populations of geese feeding on farmland during winter and spring conflict with agricultural interests along their migratory flyway in north-western Europe. In Mid-Norway, farmers scare spring-staging pink-footed geese Anser brachyrhynchus off their land to protect crops, and this has had...
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ftcopenhagenunip:oai:pure.atira.dk:publications/f5e2be00-e0d0-11dd-b5fc-000ea68e967b 2023-08-27T04:04:04+02:00 Prioritizing refuge sites for migratory geese to alleviate conflicts with agriculture Jensen, Rikke Anker Wisz, Mary S. Madsen, Jesper 2008 https://curis.ku.dk/portal/da/publications/prioritizing-refuge-sites-for-migratory-geese-to-alleviate-conflicts-with-agriculture(f5e2be00-e0d0-11dd-b5fc-000ea68e967b).html https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2008.04.027 eng eng info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess Jensen , R A , Wisz , M S & Madsen , J 2008 , ' Prioritizing refuge sites for migratory geese to alleviate conflicts with agriculture ' , Biological Conservation , vol. 141 , no. 7 , pp. 1806-1818 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2008.04.027 article 2008 ftcopenhagenunip https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2008.04.027 2023-08-02T22:58:04Z Expanding populations of geese feeding on farmland during winter and spring conflict with agricultural interests along their migratory flyway in north-western Europe. In Mid-Norway, farmers scare spring-staging pink-footed geese Anser brachyrhynchus off their land to protect crops, and this has had clear effects on goose distribution. To protect the geese, Norwegian authorities have implemented economic compensation to farmers to discourage scaring, but this has not been prioritised to accommodate the biological requirements and dispersal patterns of the geese, though such an approach is clearly needed. To address this need, we assessed the negative effects of scaring geese during 2004-2007, and built a species distribution model to identify sites suitable for goose foraging. We subsequently combined known foraging sites with sites identified by our model and prioritised these sites according to their connectivity, perimeter area ratio, years of historic use and proximity to roost. By combining historic data on foraging sites, a species distribution model, and a simple, accountable site selection process we demonstrate how the current compensation scheme can be made 10 times more efficient through strategic prioritisation. Our approach has direct implications for alleviating similar goose-agriculture conflicts throughout Europe. Article in Journal/Newspaper Anser brachyrhynchus University of Copenhagen: Research Norway Biological Conservation 141 7 1806 1818 |
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Expanding populations of geese feeding on farmland during winter and spring conflict with agricultural interests along their migratory flyway in north-western Europe. In Mid-Norway, farmers scare spring-staging pink-footed geese Anser brachyrhynchus off their land to protect crops, and this has had clear effects on goose distribution. To protect the geese, Norwegian authorities have implemented economic compensation to farmers to discourage scaring, but this has not been prioritised to accommodate the biological requirements and dispersal patterns of the geese, though such an approach is clearly needed. To address this need, we assessed the negative effects of scaring geese during 2004-2007, and built a species distribution model to identify sites suitable for goose foraging. We subsequently combined known foraging sites with sites identified by our model and prioritised these sites according to their connectivity, perimeter area ratio, years of historic use and proximity to roost. By combining historic data on foraging sites, a species distribution model, and a simple, accountable site selection process we demonstrate how the current compensation scheme can be made 10 times more efficient through strategic prioritisation. Our approach has direct implications for alleviating similar goose-agriculture conflicts throughout Europe. |
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Prioritizing refuge sites for migratory geese to alleviate conflicts with agriculture |
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Prioritizing refuge sites for migratory geese to alleviate conflicts with agriculture |
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Prioritizing refuge sites for migratory geese to alleviate conflicts with agriculture |
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Jensen , R A , Wisz , M S & Madsen , J 2008 , ' Prioritizing refuge sites for migratory geese to alleviate conflicts with agriculture ' , Biological Conservation , vol. 141 , no. 7 , pp. 1806-1818 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2008.04.027 |
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