Essays about: "Geese grazing"

Found 4 essays containing the words Geese grazing.

  1. 1. Impact of Physical Object on Scaring of geese : with an agroecological approach towards the issue of geese as a pest in agriculture

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Biosystems and Technology (from 130101)

    Author : Elias Kvarnbäck; [2021]
    Keywords : geese; barnacle goose; greylag goose; large grazing birds; agroecological practices; flight initiation distance;

    Abstract : The interactions and conflicts between geese and agricultural interests have risen in the last decades in Sweden. A range of measures are used by humans to disturb and scare geese with the goal to counteract crop damage. The hypothesis of this master thesis is that proximity to physical objects taller than 70 cm above the ground, e.g. READ MORE

  3. 2. Methane flux from Carex ramenskii on coastal meadows and grazing lawns in western Alaska

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för ekologi, miljö och geovetenskap

    Author : Kaj Lynöe; [2017]
    Keywords : Arctic wetlands; Greenhouse gases; CH4 emission; Plant mediated gas release; Geese grazing;

    Abstract : In this study we determined the magnitude of plant mediated CH4 emission (flux) in two vegetation types of Carex ramenskii. The objectives of this paper were to quantify the proportion of CH4 emissions from plant mediated flux and the total flux (plant and soil). READ MORE

  4. 3. Greylag geese (Anser anser) : crop selection and spatial distribution around Sörfjärden, Södermanland

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Ecology

    Author : Carina Tennfors; [2013]
    Keywords : Anser anser; accommodation field; compositional analysis; crop damage; dietary preferences; diversionary field; Greylag geese; wildlife conflict;

    Abstract : A rapid population growth in Greylag geese (Anser anser) has led to a conflict between geese and farmers due to the foraging geese in agricultural fields which causes damage to crops by trampling and grazing. Culling cannot always be used as a management tool due to protection of the species and temporal restrictions of hunting seasons. READ MORE

  5. 4. Grazing in the Arctic : can it mitigate the impacts of climate change? : case study: Zackenberg, northeast Greenland

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap

    Author : Caroline Jonsson; [2012]
    Keywords : Arctic; climate change; warming; grazing; ecosystem responses; muskox; herbivores; grazing optimization hypothesis; CO₂-fluxes; Greenland; Zackenberg; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : Climate change has affected ecosystem structure and composition in the Arctic during the last few decades. Researchers have observed a greening trend as the active layer depth is increasing due to rising air- and soil temperatures. READ MORE