ABSTRACT. This paper explores the effects of spatial resolution on the performance and applicability of habitat models in wildlife management and conservation. A Habitat Suitability Index (HSI) model ...

The capercaillie is at real risk of extinction in the UK, with only 542 of the birds estimated to be left in Scotland, according to a new survey. The population has dropped by about 50% since the last ...

The survival of one of Scotland's rarest birds has been given a boost by the introduction of cattle to a Highlands forest. Over the last 50 years, capercaillie numbers have fallen by more than 90%.

I studied autumn habitat use by radio-marked capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus) in a coniferous forest in southeastern Norway, from September to November 1984-86. I derived use of elevation, successional ...

Construction of the southernmost stretch of the high speed Rail Baltica link will unavoidably impact on Western capercaillie (Estonian: Metsis) habitats, prompting the state to create new, protected ...

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Conservationists slam the Slovakian government for mismanaging its most known national park, Tatra National Park, home to capercaillie and a number of other charismatic species. The IUCN is currently ...

Scotland’s most elusive game bird is now facing an extinction clock and is under the greatest threat of any species, conservationists have cautioned. Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The ...

An emergency rescue plan to save one of Scotland’s most iconic birds is being put in place amid warnings the species teeters on the brink of extinction. Conservationists admit there is no ‘silver ...

Efforts to boost numbers of one of the UK's rarest birds in its Highlands stronghold has received £2m in funding. There are estimated to be fewer than 1,000 capercaillie, all of them in Scotland.

Skiers are stressing out one of Europe's rarest birds, says a new study. The elusive capercaillie is already a threatened species facing possible extinction for the second time in Britain with only an ...