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Abstract

Populations of large grazing birds have increased in Europe over the last decades with increased crop damage as a result. In this essay, I review studies investigating factors affecting choice of staging site, choice of field within staging sites and, when grazing by geese and swans cause damage. At the large spatial scale, I review the factors driving attractiveness and popularity of staging sites, and factors impacting changes on this attractiveness. At the small spatial scale, I review studies investigating foraging strategies in relation to food and field preferences, and how these may change within and across years.

Keywords

birds; crop damage; foraging; migration

Published in

Introductory research essay (Department of Ecology, SLU)
2016
Publisher: Department of Ecology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

SLU Authors

UKÄ Subject classification

Zoology
Ecology
Agricultural Science

Permanent link to this page (URI)

https://res.slu.se/id/publ/79845