Contemporary mature forest cover does not explain the persistence of Capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus) lekking areas in Finland

Ornis Fennica

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 208-216

  Sirkiä, Saija ^a,b   Nikula, Ari ^c   Helle, Pekka ^d   Lindén, Harto ^c   Norrdahl, Kai ^e   Suorsa, Petri ^f   Valkeajärvi, Pentti ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b FINNISH ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^f University of Turku ^*  (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BREEDING SITE; FOREST COVER; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST INVENTORY; GAMEBIRD; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; PERSISTENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REGROWTH; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

FINLAND;

TETRAO UROGALLUS;

EID: 84858271557     PISSN: 00305685     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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