Defining spatial priorities for capercaillie Tetrao urogallus lekking landscape conservation in south-central Finland

Wildlife Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 337-353

  Sirkiä, Saija ^a,c   Lehtomäki, Joona ^a   Lindén, Harto ^b   Tomppo, Erkki ^b   Moilanen, Atte ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c FINNISH ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

boreal forest; capercaillie; connectivity; game management; grouse; lekking site; spatial conservation planning; Tetrao urogallus; Zonation

Indexed keywords

TETRAO UROGALLUS; TETRAONIDAE;

EID: 84872125527     PISSN: 09096396     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2981/11-073     Document Type: Article

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