Balancing the needs of capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus) and moose (Alces alces) in large-scale human land use

• Published in: European Journal of Wildlife Research
• Language: English
• Published: Springer-Verlag 2010
• Subjects: Forestry; Game management; Landscape ecology; Macroecology; Wildlife triangle; Saija; Alces alces; Northern Finland
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2262/42012; https://doi.org/10.1007/s10344-009-0306-z

Abstract The capercaillie has been negatively affected by the loss of mature forests. However, forestry creates young plantations offering a superabundant food supply for moose. Using two spatial scales, we tested whether the landscape-level environmental requirements of the capercaillie and moose d...