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Title: Forage variation in brood-rearing areas used by pacific black brant geese on the Yukon-Kuskokwim delta, Alaska: Journal: Journal of Ecology; Authors: B. T. Person, C. A. Babcock, and R. W. Ruess; Date: 1998; Summary: The effect of grazing by black brant geese (Branta bernicla nigricans) on Carex subspathacea lawns was investigated on the Yukon-Kuskokwim delta, Alaska for two years. Six grazing treatments (grazed for 21 days, 42 days; no grazing for 21 days, 42 days; grazed for 21 days followed by no grazing for 21 days, no grazing for 21 days followed by 21 days of grazing) were tested using 10 replicated exclosures across 4 landscapes (Tutakoke, Lower Kashunuk, Onumtuk Bend and Emperor Bend). During the second year of the study the sites of Kokechick West and Kol ...; Agrovoc Control Words: Riparian zones, Grazing, Wildlife; View more details about this article

Title: Foraging by geese, isostatic uplift and asymmetry in the development of salt-marsh plant communities: Journal: Journal of Ecology; Authors: D. S. Hik, R. L. Jefferies, and A. R. E. Sinclair; Date: 1992; Summary: The response of the salt-marsh plant communities to grazing by lesser snow geese (Chen caerulescens caerulescens) and isostatic uplift at La Perouse Bay, Manitoba, (58Ëš 04â€™ N, 94Ëš 30â€™ W) was examined on short- and long-term scales using a multiple state model. Data presented here include the results from a current study and also previously published floristic and biomass data. These two annotations can be found in RSIS and are both by Jefferies (1988). Changes in vegetative composition relative to isostatic uplift was measured in three ...; Agrovoc Control Words: Riparian zones, Rangelands, Wildlife; View more details about this article

Title: Herbivory by Canada geese: Diet selection and effect on lawns: Journal: Ecological Applications; Authors: M. R. Conover; Date: 1991; Summary: Conover examines whether Canada Geese (Branta canadensis) grazing changed the species composition of grass species at 20 sites in Connecticut, where geese are considered a nuisance. Mean goose density was 34 birds/ha of lawn (mean size of sites was 0.8 ha and located near a body of water). The percentage of these lawns in grass, other vegetation, or bare ground did not differ between the heavy-use and light-use areas. Kentucky bluegrass (Poa pratensis) was less prevalent and colonial bentgrass (Agrostis tenuis) more prevalent in heavy-use areas than in light-use areas of the same lawn. At ...; Agrovoc Control Words: Riparian zones, Rangelands, Wildlife; View more details about this article