Data for: Grazing effects of wintering geese on grassland yield: A long-term study from NW-Germany
Creators
- 1. Niedersächsisches Ministerium für Umwelt, Energie, Bauen und Klimaschutz
- 2. Institute for Wetlands and Waterbird Research*
- 3. Landwirtschaftskammer Niedersachsen
- 4. Lower Saxony State Agency for Water Management, Coastal Protection and Nature Conservation
- 5. Oikostat GmbH*
- 6. Lower Saxon Wadden Sea National Park Authority*
- 7. Institut für Vogelforschung*
Description
Conflicts between grassland farming and wintering geese stimulated a long-term study on goose-dependent yield losses. In the period 1996-2018 the loss of dry biomass of the first harvest increased from ca. 15 % to 50 % which corresponds with changes in the number and migratory behaviour of the barnacle goose. In contrast we found no decline in grassland yields with increasing number of greater white-fronted geese. The second harvest was not affected by wintering geese. The present study forms the basis for a fair and comprehensible system of compensation payments fo affected farmers.
Notes
The data are imported in two text files for the first and the second harvest, respectively. Additionally, we created an excel-file explaining the character of the different variables.
Funding provided by: Niedersächsisches Ministerium für Umwelt, Energie, Bauen und Klimaschutz*
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