Essays about: "Greylag geese"

Found 2 essays containing the words Greylag geese.

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. 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