Factors behind the risk of crop damage caused by wintering and migrating large grazing birds (geese and swans)

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

• Montras Janer, Teresa

  • Department of Ecology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    

UKÄ Subject classification

Zoology
Ecology
Agricultural Science

Permanent link to this page (URI)

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