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Evaluation of Giant Canada Goose Restoration in Western South Dakota
<p>A study of giant Canada goose (Branta Canadensis maxima) restoration in western South Dakota was conducted during 1970 and 1971. Nesting, production and mortality, homing, and pioneering were evaluated both years. Nesting began April 4 in 1970 and extended for 73 days, but the peak of nesting …
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Productivity of A Resident Giant Canada Goose Flock in Northeastern South Dakota
. A 2-year study (1974-1975) of a resident Canada goose (Branta canadensis maxima) flock is reported. Twenty-four percent of the artificial nest structures (ANS) available were used by nesting geese. Artificial nesting structures, islands, muskrat houses and peninsulas were used by geese as nesting …
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Energy Requirements of the Canada Goose in Relation to Distribution and Migration
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Evaluation of Various Foliar Sprays for Use as a Canada Goose Grazing Deterrent
… dealing with crop damage caused by flightless Canada geese (Branta canadensis). An effective crop deterrent to Canada geese would be important to game managers in eastern South Dakota. In 2011 and 2012, I evaluated the effectiveness of Rejex-It Migrate Turfguard®, Bird Shield®, Avian Control®, …
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Band-Recovery Analysis and Survival Estimates for South Dakota Giant Canada Goose Populations
… estimates were calculated for South Dakota giant Canada goose (Branta canadensis maxima) populations. I analyzed Canada goose bandrecovery data obtained from the USGS's Bird Banding Laboratory consisting of 26, 141 bandings and 6,837 recoveries (1955 - 95). Only Canada geese banded preseason (June …
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Flightless Giant Canada Goose Depredation Abatement and Disgestibility of Selected Crops in South Dakota
Crop depredation by flightless giant Canada geese (Branta Canadensis maxima) has become a common occurrence across the upper Midwest. Due to numerous landowner complaints, South Dakota Department of Game, Fish and Parks (SDGFP) is evaluating several methods to solve this problem. One method is the …
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Nesting and Brood Rearing Ecology of the Vancouver Canada Goose on Admiralty Island Southeast of Alaska
<p>Nesting and brood rearing biology of Vancouver Canada geese (Branta canadensis fulva) was studied in 1978 (preliminary) and from April-August 1979 in Seymour Canal, Admiralty Island, Alaska. Geese used trees for perching during the incubation period (24 April-7 June) and use was significant (P < …
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Analysis of Aerial Surveys and Tolerance of Landowners for a Canada Goose Flock in Northeastern South Dakota
… within 6.4 km of the three major summer-fall goose concentration areas and 200 interviews from a random sample of landowners living in the study area. Eighty-six percent of the interviewed landowners indicated that it was a good idea to expand the northeastern South Dakota Canada goose flock …
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The Last Goose on Earth: A Tale Told in Verse
<p><em>The Last Goose on Earth</em> follows, poem by poem, the burgeoning relationship between Bea, a young human girl, and Goose, the last Canada goose on earth—it simultaneously traces the tenuous, vitalized connections between human and animal, person and environment, family grief and species …
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The Impact of Nutrient Loading from Canada Geese (Branta canadensis) on Water Quality, a Mesocosm Approach
… a mesocosm experiment to determine the impact of Canada Goose (Branta cana.densis) feces on water quality parameters. After 30 days of fecal additions (treatments of 2.419 g, 1.209 g and 12.090 g every 3 d) we found no significant impact on soluble reactive phosphorus, total phosphorus, ammonia, …
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How does the public process impact the selection of a nuisance wildlife management plan?
… management.Through an examination of resident Canada goose management in four small Massachusetts cities and towns this study demonstrates the processes used to select nuisance wildlife management plans and the success or failure of those plans. Through the trials of the municipalities …
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HISTOLOGICAL AND GEOCHEMICAL PROPERTIES OF PATHOLOGICAL VERSUS NORMAL BONE IN ALLOSAURUS FRAGILIS AND MODERN AVIANS
… and two modern bird species, Branta canadensis (Canada goose) and Cathartes aura (turkey vulture). Raman spectroscopy analysis was performed on modern birds, but not fossil material. Stable isotope and rare earth elements (REE) analyses were performed on fossil material to determine if there are …
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Movement ecology and habitat use of Canada geese using major metropolitan areas in the context of human-wildlife conflicts
Canada geese (Branta canadensis) are economically and socially important due to their popularity as a game species and association with human-wildlife conflicts. The species’ ability to adapt to human-altered agricultural and urban landscapes has contributed to the success of temperate-breeding …
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Nicarbazin for contraception of Canada geese: laboratory and field studies
Increasing numbers of resident Canada geese (Branta canadensis) and opposition to lethal control measures have resulted in a greater need to develop nonlethal techniques to manage bird populations. Contraception may provide a useful nonlethal management tool to reduce wild bird populations. …