The role of urban habitats in the abundance of red squirrels (Sciurus vulgaris, L.) in Finland

• Published in: Urban Forestry & Urban Greening
• Main Authors: Jokimäki, Jukka, Selonen, Vesa, Lehikoinen, Aleksi, Kaisanlahti-Jokimäki, Marja-Liisa
• Other Authors: Finnish Museum of Natural History, Zoology
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: ELSEVIER GMBH, URBAN & FISCHER VERLAG 2019
• Subjects: Winter feeding; Mammals; Monitoring; Predation; Urbanization; Citizen science; FOOD SUPPLEMENTATION; ECOLOGY; FOREST; BIRDS; POPULATIONS; WILDLIFE; BEHAVIOR; FUTURE; 1172 Environmental sciences; 4112 Forestry; 1181 Ecology; evolutionary biology; Watchers; Accipiter gentilis; Northern Goshawk
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10138/307392

Because the amount of urban areas has increased, it is important to investigate the abundance of wildlife species in relation to urban environments. Analyzing the impact of urbanization on the presence of forest-dwelling mammals is of interest due to the possible effects of urbanization on human-wil...