Movement of Canada Geese in urban and rural areas of Iowa, USA
Temperate-breeding Canada Goose (Branta canadensis maxima) abundance has increased to previously unrecorded levels, providing social, ecological, and economic value. However, there are also costs associated with abundant Canada Geese. Although hunter harvest is a valued, sustainable use of Canada Ge...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:b30b6b1df615416fa1201159ca20094f 2023-05-15T15:46:17+02:00 Movement of Canada Geese in urban and rural areas of Iowa, USA Benjamin Z. Luukkonen Robert W. Klaver Orrin E. Jones III 2022-06-01T00:00:00Z https://doaj.org/article/b30b6b1df615416fa1201159ca20094f EN eng Resilience Alliance https://www.ace-eco.org/vol17/iss1/art27/ https://doaj.org/toc/1712-6568 1712-6568 https://doaj.org/article/b30b6b1df615416fa1201159ca20094f Avian Conservation and Ecology, Vol 17, Iss 1, p 27 (2022) branta canadensis habitat selection home range hunter harvest migration mississippi flyway urban Plant culture SB1-1110 Environmental sciences GE1-350 Plant ecology QK900-989 article 2022 ftdoajarticles 2022-12-30T21:36:43Z Temperate-breeding Canada Goose (Branta canadensis maxima) abundance has increased to previously unrecorded levels, providing social, ecological, and economic value. However, there are also costs associated with abundant Canada Geese. Although hunter harvest is a valued, sustainable use of Canada Geese, the adaptability of geese to urban areas may result in lower susceptibility of geese to hunters, potentially reducing the contribution of hunter harvest to conflict reduction. Our goal was to compare movement of geese marked in urban and rural areas to assess efficacy of hunter harvest in managing urban goose populations. We marked 71 adult female Canada Geese during brood-rearing with GPS-GSM transmitters in urban (n = 45) and rural (n = 26) locations in Iowa, USA to monitor movement during the 2018-19 and 2019-20 Mississippi Flyway goose hunting season frameworks. We estimated the mean proportion of locations each group was available for hunter harvest and examined factors affecting home range areas using generalized linear mixed models. Additionally, we estimated habitat selection of urban- and rural-marked geese using a step-selection analysis. Urban geese had a lower proportion of locations in areas available to hunters (0.07 [95% CI: 0.04-0.13]) than rural geese (0.56 [95% CI: 0.34-0.76]), but median home range area was similar for each group and decreased in size from autumn to late winter. Canada Geese marked in urban areas were more likely to select developed areas and less likely to select wetlands than rural geese, and they had high selection of agricultural fields within city limits during goose hunting seasons. Although Canada Geese breeding in urban areas may be less available for hunter harvest, movement data show when and where opportunity exists to increase harvest susceptibility. Canada Goose management could require actions in addition to hunter harvest to achieve goals in urban areas. Article in Journal/Newspaper Branta canadensis Canada Goose Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Canada |
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Temperate-breeding Canada Goose (Branta canadensis maxima) abundance has increased to previously unrecorded levels, providing social, ecological, and economic value. However, there are also costs associated with abundant Canada Geese. Although hunter harvest is a valued, sustainable use of Canada Geese, the adaptability of geese to urban areas may result in lower susceptibility of geese to hunters, potentially reducing the contribution of hunter harvest to conflict reduction. Our goal was to compare movement of geese marked in urban and rural areas to assess efficacy of hunter harvest in managing urban goose populations. We marked 71 adult female Canada Geese during brood-rearing with GPS-GSM transmitters in urban (n = 45) and rural (n = 26) locations in Iowa, USA to monitor movement during the 2018-19 and 2019-20 Mississippi Flyway goose hunting season frameworks. We estimated the mean proportion of locations each group was available for hunter harvest and examined factors affecting home range areas using generalized linear mixed models. Additionally, we estimated habitat selection of urban- and rural-marked geese using a step-selection analysis. Urban geese had a lower proportion of locations in areas available to hunters (0.07 [95% CI: 0.04-0.13]) than rural geese (0.56 [95% CI: 0.34-0.76]), but median home range area was similar for each group and decreased in size from autumn to late winter. Canada Geese marked in urban areas were more likely to select developed areas and less likely to select wetlands than rural geese, and they had high selection of agricultural fields within city limits during goose hunting seasons. Although Canada Geese breeding in urban areas may be less available for hunter harvest, movement data show when and where opportunity exists to increase harvest susceptibility. Canada Goose management could require actions in addition to hunter harvest to achieve goals in urban areas. |
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Benjamin Z. Luukkonen Robert W. Klaver Orrin E. Jones III |
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Movement of Canada Geese in urban and rural areas of Iowa, USA |
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Movement of Canada Geese in urban and rural areas of Iowa, USA |
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Movement of Canada Geese in urban and rural areas of Iowa, USA |
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Movement of Canada Geese in urban and rural areas of Iowa, USA |
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Movement of Canada Geese in urban and rural areas of Iowa, USA |
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movement of canada geese in urban and rural areas of iowa, usa |
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Resilience Alliance |
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2022 |
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