Capercaillie Tetrao urogallus - A good candidate for an umbrella species in taiga forests

Wildlife Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 309-316

  Pakkala, Timo ^a   Pellikka, Jani ^b   Lindén, Harto ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Capercaillie; Finland; Lek; Species richness; Taiga forests; Umbrella species

Indexed keywords

AVES; FICEDULA; FICEDULA PARVA; GLAUCIDIUM (AVES); GLAUCIDIUM PASSERINUM; MAMMALIA; PICEA; PICOIDES; PICOIDES TRIDACTYLUS; STRIGIFORMES; TETRAO; TETRAO UROGALLUS; TRIDACTYLUS;

EID: 1042267736     PISSN: 09096396     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2981/wlb.2003.019     Document Type: Conference Paper

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