Long-term effects of land use on perinatal mortality in the Endangered Saimaa ringed seal population

• Published in: Endangered Species Research
• Main Authors: Liukkonen, L, Rautio, A, Sipil, T, Niemi, M, Auttila, M, Koskela, J, Kunnasranta, M
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Inter-Research 2017
• Subjects: Zoology; QL1-991; Botany; QK1-989; Lair; Pusa hispida; ringed seal
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3354/esr00856; https://doaj.org/article/b5d20b17e0024f22bfb64fa321a99f8c

Human disturbance can affect the viability of wildlife populations partly through its effects on breeding success. Land use as a form of disturbance may do so by fragmenting the key environments of certain species. We used statistical pattern recognition methods to estimate the long-term effects of...