Moose (Alces alces) reacts to high summer temperatures by utilizing thermal shelters in boreal forests - an analysis based on airborne laser scanning of the canopy structure at moose locations

Global Change Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1115-1125

  Melin, Markus ^a   Matala, Juho ^b   Mehtätalo, Lauri ^a   Tiilikainen, Raisa ^b   Tikkanen, Olli Pekka ^a   Maltamo, Matti ^a   Pusenius, Jyrki ^b   Packalen, Petteri ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Airborne laser scanning; Climate change; GPS tracking; Habitat analysis; Moose; Thermal stress

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE SENSING; BOREAL FOREST; DEER; FOREST CANOPY; GPS; HABITAT USE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; SUMMER; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

ALCES ALCES; UNGULATA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; DEER; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; FINLAND; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; LASER; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; TEMPERATURE; THEORETICAL MODEL; TREE;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DEER; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; FINLAND; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; LASERS; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE; TREES;

EID: 84896717846     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.12405     Document Type: Article

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