More management, less damage? With increasing population size, economic costs of managing geese to minimize yield losses may outweigh benefits
Conflicts between farmers and geese are intensifying; yet, it remains unclear how interactions between goose population size and management regimes affect yield loss and economic costs. We investigate the cost-effectiveness of accommodation and scaring areas in relation to barnacle goose (Branta leu...
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ftunivutrecht:oai:dspace.library.uu.nl:1874/438405 2024-05-19T07:38:11+00:00 More management, less damage? With increasing population size, economic costs of managing geese to minimize yield losses may outweigh benefits de Jager, Monique Buitendijk, Nelleke H. Wiegers, J. N.(Yannick) Baveco, J. (Hans) M. Nolet, Bart A. Sub Ecology and Biodiversity Ecology and Biodiversity 2024-02 application/pdf https://dspace.library.uu.nl/handle/1874/438405 en eng 0301-4797 https://dspace.library.uu.nl/handle/1874/438405 info:eu-repo/semantics/OpenAccess Barnacle goose Branta leucopsis Farmer-goose conflict Goose management Individual-based model Yield loss Environmental Engineering Waste Management and Disposal Management Monitoring Policy and Law Article 2024 ftunivutrecht 2024-04-29T15:16:39Z Conflicts between farmers and geese are intensifying; yet, it remains unclear how interactions between goose population size and management regimes affect yield loss and economic costs. We investigate the cost-effectiveness of accommodation and scaring areas in relation to barnacle goose (Branta leucopsis) population size. We use an existing individual-based model of barnacle geese foraging in nature, accommodation, and scaring areas in Friesland, the Netherlands, to study the most cost-effective management under varying population sizes (i.e., between 20 and 200% of the current size). Our study shows that population size non-linearly affects yield loss costs and total costs per goose. The most cost-effective management scenario for intermediate to large populations is to avoid scaring of geese. For small populations, intensive scaring resulted in minimized yield loss costs and total costs, but also substantially lower goose body mass. Our results strongly suggest that scaring becomes a less effective management measure as goose populations increase. Article in Journal/Newspaper Barnacle goose Branta leucopsis Utrecht University Repository |
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Conflicts between farmers and geese are intensifying; yet, it remains unclear how interactions between goose population size and management regimes affect yield loss and economic costs. We investigate the cost-effectiveness of accommodation and scaring areas in relation to barnacle goose (Branta leucopsis) population size. We use an existing individual-based model of barnacle geese foraging in nature, accommodation, and scaring areas in Friesland, the Netherlands, to study the most cost-effective management under varying population sizes (i.e., between 20 and 200% of the current size). Our study shows that population size non-linearly affects yield loss costs and total costs per goose. The most cost-effective management scenario for intermediate to large populations is to avoid scaring of geese. For small populations, intensive scaring resulted in minimized yield loss costs and total costs, but also substantially lower goose body mass. Our results strongly suggest that scaring becomes a less effective management measure as goose populations increase. |
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de Jager, Monique Buitendijk, Nelleke H. Wiegers, J. N.(Yannick) Baveco, J. (Hans) M. Nolet, Bart A. |
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de Jager, Monique Buitendijk, Nelleke H. Wiegers, J. N.(Yannick) Baveco, J. (Hans) M. Nolet, Bart A. |
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More management, less damage? With increasing population size, economic costs of managing geese to minimize yield losses may outweigh benefits |
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More management, less damage? With increasing population size, economic costs of managing geese to minimize yield losses may outweigh benefits |
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More management, less damage? With increasing population size, economic costs of managing geese to minimize yield losses may outweigh benefits |
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More management, less damage? With increasing population size, economic costs of managing geese to minimize yield losses may outweigh benefits |
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More management, less damage? With increasing population size, economic costs of managing geese to minimize yield losses may outweigh benefits |
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more management, less damage? with increasing population size, economic costs of managing geese to minimize yield losses may outweigh benefits |
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