Changes in landscape-scale habitat selection of capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus) in managed north-boreal forest

Silva Fennica

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 595-608

  Miettinen, Janne ^a   Helle, Pekka ^b   Nikula, Ari ^b   Niemelä, Pekka ^c  

^a Finnish Game and Fisheries Research Institute ^*  (Finland)

^b FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Capercaillie; Forestry; Landscape composition; Wildlife triangle

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEMS;

CAPERCAILLIE; COMPOSITIONAL ANALYSIS; HABITAT SELECTION; LANDSCAPE COMPOSITION; LOCAL POPULATIONS; MATURE MANAGED FORESTS; TRIANGLE CENTERS; WILDLIFE TRIANGLE;

FORESTRY;

BOREAL FOREST; BUFFER ZONE; CONSERVATION PLANNING; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GAMEBIRD; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; HABITAT QUALITY; HABITAT SELECTION; JUVENILE; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; THINNING;

ANIMALS; ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; FORESTS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

TETRAO UROGALLUS; CAPPARIS SPINOSA;

EID: 70350726250     PISSN: 00375330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14214/sf.182     Document Type: Article

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