Denmark to Svalbard

Denmark to Svalbard

by | Sep 20, 2019

Denmark to Svalbard

Multi-site model

Denmark, Mid Norway, North Norway, Svalbard

Bird species included in model

Pink-footed goose (Anser brachyrhynchus)

Environmental issues simulated

Factors associated with timing of migration.

Recommendations from modelling

Pink-footed geese track plant growth during northward migration.

More information

Duriez, O., Bauer, S., Destin, A., Madsen, J., Nolet, B.A., Stillman, R.A. and Klaassen, M., 2009. What decision rules might pink-footed geese use to depart on migration? An individual-based model. Behavioral Ecology, 20(3): 560-569.

Funding

Marie-Curie Intra-European Fellowship within the 6th European Community Framework Programme

Martin Mere

Martin Mere

by | Sep 10, 2019

Martin Mere

Bird species included in model

Pink-footed goose (Anser brachyrhynchus)

Environmental issues simulated

Land use change and human iteration via disturbance affecting habitat area and availability time

Recommendations from modelling

Habitat loss and disturbance impact on pink-footed goose survival depends on proportion of habitat that is exploitable.

More information

Bournemouth University and Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust, 2018. Wildfowl functionally linked land. ECM_48346. Individual based modelling approach, Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust, Slimbridge, Gloucestershire.

Funding

Natural England

Norfolk

Norfolk

by | Sep 7, 2019

Norfolk

Bird species included in model

Pink-footed goose (Anser brachyrhynchus)

Environmental issues simulated

Interactions between geese and agriculture

Recommendations from modelling

The continued presence of stubble and sugar beet important for supporting the number of birds wintering in the region. The proportion of time spent feeding on sugar beet could be reduced either by disturbance to birds on sugar beet or by the provision of a supplementary sugar beet resource close to the roost. To significantly reduce the proportion of time spent on sugar beet, disturbance would increase the overall time birds needed to feed above that expected, whereas supplementary sugar beet reduced the overall time birds spent feeding.

More information

Stillman, R. A. & Morris, S. E. (in press) Pink-footed geese in North Norfolk: predictions from an individual-based model. BU Global Environmental Solutions report BUG2937 to Natural England.

Funding

Natural England