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Genetic analyses of capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus L.) leks in the Gesäuse NP using intestinal droppings
- Project Leader
- Kunz Florian, Project Leader
- Duration:
- 15.05.2019-14.05.2021
- Type of Research
- Basic Research
- Project partners
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Wildbiologisches Büro DDr. Veronika Grünschachner-Berger, Dürradmer 4a, 8632 Gusswerk, Austria.
Function of the Project Partner: Partner
- Staff
- Kunz Florian, Project Staff
- BOKU Research Units
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Institute of Forest Entomology, Forest Pathology and Forest Protection
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Institute of Wildlife Biology and Game Management
- Funded by
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Nationalpark Gesäuse, Weng 2, 8913 Weng im Gehäuse, Austria
- Abstract
- In the study, we analyse spatial patterns of capercaillie at lek sites during lekking time. Using fecal samples and their coordinates, we address re-capture rates of individuals, territory sizes, and the persistence of individually determined territories.
Apart, genetic data will be used for kinship analyses, bpth looking at single lek sites and comparing different lek sites.
- Keywords
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General biology;
Genetics;
Nature conservation;
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capercaillie;
lek site;
genetics;
Tetrao urogallus;