Scaring as a tool to alleviate crop damage by geese: Revealing differences between farmers’ perceptions and the scale of the problem
Expanding populations of farmland foraging geese are causing escalating conflict with agriculture. We used questionnaires to investigate farmers´ perceptions in mid-Norway of spring staging geese and the extent to which they attempt to reduce pasture damage by goose scaring. We predicted farmers’ sc...
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ftninstnf:oai:brage.nina.no:11250/2443271 2023-05-15T17:59:42+02:00 Scaring as a tool to alleviate crop damage by geese: Revealing differences between farmers’ perceptions and the scale of the problem Simonsen, Caroline Tombre, Ingunn Madsen, Jesper Mid-Norway, Norway, Midt-Norge 2017 application/pdf http://hdl.handle.net/11250/2443271 https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-016-0891-5 eng eng Norges forskningsråd: 204342 Ambio. 2017, 46 (Suppl. 2), S319-S327. urn:issn:0044-7447 http://hdl.handle.net/11250/2443271 https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-016-0891-5 cristin:1455409 Navngivelse 4.0 Internasjonal http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.no CC-BY S319-S327 46 Ambio Suppl. 2 Crop damage Human–wildlife conflict Pink-footed goose Sociological factors Subsidy VDP::Samfunnsgeografi: 290 VDP::Human geography: 290 VDP::Matematikk og Naturvitenskap: 400::Zoologiske og botaniske fag: 480 VDP::Samfunnsvitenskap: 200::Sosiologi: 220 Journal article Peer reviewed 2017 ftninstnf https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-016-0891-5 2021-12-23T07:16:57Z Expanding populations of farmland foraging geese are causing escalating conflict with agriculture. We used questionnaires to investigate farmers´ perceptions in mid-Norway of spring staging geese and the extent to which they attempt to reduce pasture damage by goose scaring. We predicted farmers’ scaring effort (a measure of dissatisfaction) to increase on fields closer to goose roosting sites where goose grazing intensity was highest (measured by dropping counts). Results showed no such relationship, suggesting that farmers’ perception of goose use was not linked to actual goose use, but influenced by sociological factors and individual opinion. These results confirm the need to distribute subsidies/compensation to affected farmers based upon quantifiable measures of goose use rather than complaint levels. To avoid further conflict escalation, it is equally important that managers are aware of farmers´ perceptions and their causes, to effectively target communication about policies and measures to mitigate goose–agriculture problems. Article in Journal/Newspaper Pink-footed Goose Norwegian Institute for Nature Research: Brage NINA Norway Ambio 46 S2 319 327 |
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Crop damage Human–wildlife conflict Pink-footed goose Sociological factors Subsidy VDP::Samfunnsgeografi: 290 VDP::Human geography: 290 VDP::Matematikk og Naturvitenskap: 400::Zoologiske og botaniske fag: 480 VDP::Samfunnsvitenskap: 200::Sosiologi: 220 |
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Crop damage Human–wildlife conflict Pink-footed goose Sociological factors Subsidy VDP::Samfunnsgeografi: 290 VDP::Human geography: 290 VDP::Matematikk og Naturvitenskap: 400::Zoologiske og botaniske fag: 480 VDP::Samfunnsvitenskap: 200::Sosiologi: 220 Simonsen, Caroline Tombre, Ingunn Madsen, Jesper Scaring as a tool to alleviate crop damage by geese: Revealing differences between farmers’ perceptions and the scale of the problem |
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Crop damage Human–wildlife conflict Pink-footed goose Sociological factors Subsidy VDP::Samfunnsgeografi: 290 VDP::Human geography: 290 VDP::Matematikk og Naturvitenskap: 400::Zoologiske og botaniske fag: 480 VDP::Samfunnsvitenskap: 200::Sosiologi: 220 |
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Expanding populations of farmland foraging geese are causing escalating conflict with agriculture. We used questionnaires to investigate farmers´ perceptions in mid-Norway of spring staging geese and the extent to which they attempt to reduce pasture damage by goose scaring. We predicted farmers’ scaring effort (a measure of dissatisfaction) to increase on fields closer to goose roosting sites where goose grazing intensity was highest (measured by dropping counts). Results showed no such relationship, suggesting that farmers’ perception of goose use was not linked to actual goose use, but influenced by sociological factors and individual opinion. These results confirm the need to distribute subsidies/compensation to affected farmers based upon quantifiable measures of goose use rather than complaint levels. To avoid further conflict escalation, it is equally important that managers are aware of farmers´ perceptions and their causes, to effectively target communication about policies and measures to mitigate goose–agriculture problems. |
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Scaring as a tool to alleviate crop damage by geese: Revealing differences between farmers’ perceptions and the scale of the problem |
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Scaring as a tool to alleviate crop damage by geese: Revealing differences between farmers’ perceptions and the scale of the problem |
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Scaring as a tool to alleviate crop damage by geese: Revealing differences between farmers’ perceptions and the scale of the problem |
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Scaring as a tool to alleviate crop damage by geese: Revealing differences between farmers’ perceptions and the scale of the problem |
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Scaring as a tool to alleviate crop damage by geese: Revealing differences between farmers’ perceptions and the scale of the problem |
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scaring as a tool to alleviate crop damage by geese: revealing differences between farmers’ perceptions and the scale of the problem |
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Norges forskningsråd: 204342 Ambio. 2017, 46 (Suppl. 2), S319-S327. urn:issn:0044-7447 http://hdl.handle.net/11250/2443271 https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-016-0891-5 cristin:1455409 |
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