Data from: Is it worthwhile scaring geese to alleviate damage to crops? – an experimental study
Increasing population sizes of geese are the cause of numerous agricultural conflicts in many regions of the Northern Hemisphere. Scaring is often used as a tool to chase geese away from fields, either as a means to protect vulnerable crops or as part of goose management schemes to drive geese to ac...
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fttriple:oai:gotriple.eu:50|dedup_wf_001::b2e7433a67b45c1fb86291df9ba72fa1 2023-05-15T13:30:00+02:00 Data from: Is it worthwhile scaring geese to alleviate damage to crops? – an experimental study Simonsen, Caroline Ernberg Madsen, Jesper Tombre, Ingunn M. Nabe-Nielsen, Jacob Tombre, Ingunn M 2016-12-07 https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.62b84 undefined unknown http://dx.doi.org/10.5061/dryad.62b84 https://dx.doi.org/10.5061/dryad.62b84 lic_creative-commons oai:services.nod.dans.knaw.nl:Products/dans:oai:easy.dans.knaw.nl:easy-dataset:91936 10.5061/dryad.62b84 oai:easy.dans.knaw.nl:easy-dataset:91936 10|eurocrisdris::fe4903425d9040f680d8610d9079ea14 10|openaire____::9e3be59865b2c1c335d32dae2fe7b254 10|re3data_____::94816e6421eeb072e7742ce6a9decc5f 10|re3data_____::84e123776089ce3c7a33db98d9cd15a8 re3data_____::r3d100000044 10|openaire____::081b82f96300b6a6e3d282bad31cb6e2 Life sciences medicine and health care experimental scaring dose–response Agricultural conflict crop damage crop protection spring staging pink-footed goose goose behaviour Anser brachyrhynchus mid-Norway envir psy Dataset https://vocabularies.coar-repositories.org/resource_types/c_ddb1/ 2016 fttriple https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.62b84 2023-01-22T16:53:07Z Increasing population sizes of geese are the cause of numerous agricultural conflicts in many regions of the Northern Hemisphere. Scaring is often used as a tool to chase geese away from fields, either as a means to protect vulnerable crops or as part of goose management schemes to drive geese to accommodation areas. Geese are quick to habituate to stationary scaring devices; hence, active scaring by humans is often employed. However, it remains undocumented how much effort is required for active scaring to be effective. We explored the relationship between intensity of active human scaring on field use and behaviour by geese. Using an experimental framework, we applied four different scaring doses per day (geese were scared either 2, 5, 7 or 10 times per day), to random pastures in a pink-footed goose spring staging area in mid-Norway, and recorded goose flock sizes, fleeing response distances, and average weekly goose densities assessed by dropping densities. In addition, we counted droppings in fields without scaring. We used mixed models to test for changes in the effects of different scaring doses over time and compared observed with predicted dropping levels. Cumulative dropping densities increased at different rates depending on the scaring dose. Scaring dosage did not affect flock size and fleeing response distance during the study period, but both flock sizes and fleeing response distances changed with time. Scaring dose 2 did not show any decrease in relative goose use compared to the fields without scaring, whereas doses 5, 7 and 10 all showed 74–78% fewer droppings by the end of the spring staging period, indicating a possible threshold between dose 2 and 5. The largest effect of scaring appeared during the first week of scaring. Synthesis and applications. This study is the first to show a dose–response relationship between active scaring and field use of flocking geese. For individual farmers, the study provides guidance on the level of scaring effort needed to be cost-effective. If implemented as ... Dataset Anser brachyrhynchus Pink-footed Goose Unknown Norway |
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Life sciences medicine and health care experimental scaring dose–response Agricultural conflict crop damage crop protection spring staging pink-footed goose goose behaviour Anser brachyrhynchus mid-Norway envir psy Simonsen, Caroline Ernberg Madsen, Jesper Tombre, Ingunn M. Nabe-Nielsen, Jacob Tombre, Ingunn M Data from: Is it worthwhile scaring geese to alleviate damage to crops? – an experimental study |
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Increasing population sizes of geese are the cause of numerous agricultural conflicts in many regions of the Northern Hemisphere. Scaring is often used as a tool to chase geese away from fields, either as a means to protect vulnerable crops or as part of goose management schemes to drive geese to accommodation areas. Geese are quick to habituate to stationary scaring devices; hence, active scaring by humans is often employed. However, it remains undocumented how much effort is required for active scaring to be effective. We explored the relationship between intensity of active human scaring on field use and behaviour by geese. Using an experimental framework, we applied four different scaring doses per day (geese were scared either 2, 5, 7 or 10 times per day), to random pastures in a pink-footed goose spring staging area in mid-Norway, and recorded goose flock sizes, fleeing response distances, and average weekly goose densities assessed by dropping densities. In addition, we counted droppings in fields without scaring. We used mixed models to test for changes in the effects of different scaring doses over time and compared observed with predicted dropping levels. Cumulative dropping densities increased at different rates depending on the scaring dose. Scaring dosage did not affect flock size and fleeing response distance during the study period, but both flock sizes and fleeing response distances changed with time. Scaring dose 2 did not show any decrease in relative goose use compared to the fields without scaring, whereas doses 5, 7 and 10 all showed 74–78% fewer droppings by the end of the spring staging period, indicating a possible threshold between dose 2 and 5. The largest effect of scaring appeared during the first week of scaring. Synthesis and applications. This study is the first to show a dose–response relationship between active scaring and field use of flocking geese. For individual farmers, the study provides guidance on the level of scaring effort needed to be cost-effective. If implemented as ... |
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