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Management options for a resident Barnacle Goose population in Flanders. A comparison of different scenarios using population modelling
In Flanders, Barnacle Goose wintering numbers have, in line with a pan-European trend for the species, drastically increased over the last decades. Simultaneously, a local breeding population has emerged, probably of mixed feral and wild origin. The species is protected by the European Union Birds Directive with options for crop damage compensation payments in Flanders. The presence of large numbers of other breeding goose species in Flanders already led to various problems, resulting in an ongoing broad-scale management of these populations. Both the rise in Barnacle Goose wintering numbers and the emergence of a breeding population have therefore raised concerns, mainly in the light of diminishing Canada Goose numbers as a result of management, where an increase in breeding Barnacle Goose numbers could potentially counter the benefits gained from this management.
Lees de publicatie
- Publicatiedatum
- Januari 2020
- Publicatietype
- Onderzoeksrapport
- Thema's
- Natuur en bos
- Auteur(s)
- Frank Huysentruyt, Pieter Verschelde, Toon Van Daele, Jim Casaer, Axel Neukermans, Tim Adriaens
- Reeks
- Rapporten van het Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek 2020(1)