Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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4759675 | Forest Ecology and Management | 2016 | 10 Pages |
Abstract
In countries like Finland, game management is almost always implemented in managed forests, which in the light of our results creates a need to integrate habitat management into forest management. Our results suggest that when managing grouse brood habitats, attention should be given to maintain both, protective canopy cover and a good understorey cover. It is fair to assume that the removal of these components will significantly decrease brood occurrence. Further, the study showed that a dataset (lidar) collected more for the purposes of forestry can also be used to study wildlife habitats occurring often in the same forests.
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Authors
M. Melin, L. Mehtätalo, J. Miettinen, S. Tossavainen, P. Packalen,