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Titre :	Regional Management of Farmland Feeding Geese Using an Ecological Prioritization Tool
Auteurs :	Jesper Madsen, Auteur ; Morten Bjerrum, Auteur ; Ingunn M. Tombre, Auteur
Type de document :	Article
Dans :	AMBIO (43(6) OCT 2014)
Article en page(s) :	801-809
Langues:	Anglais
Résumé :	Wild geese foraging on farmland cause increasing conflicts with agricultural interests, calling for a strategic approach to mitigation. In central Norway, conflicts between farmers and spring-staging pink-footed geese feeding on pastures have escalated. To alleviate the conflict, a scheme by which farmers are subsidized to allow geese to forage undisturbed was introduced. To guide allocation of subsidies, an ecological-based ranking of fields at a regional level was recommended and applied. Here we evaluate the scheme. On average, 40 % of subsidized fields were in the top 5 % of the ranking, and 80 % were within the top

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