TY - T1 - Resource selection of moose Alces alces at multiple scales from trees, plantations and home ranges up to landscapes and regions SN - / UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10138/337112 T3 - Dissertationes Forestales A1 - Nikula, Ari A2 - PB - Finnish Society of Forest Science Y1 - 2017 LA - eng AB - The Moose is a valuable game animal in Fennoscandia but also the most severe pest in forest plantations. In this thesis, I examined factors that affect the habitat selection of moose and moose damage at multiple scales. At the plot level, browsing increased with an increasing number of artificially regenerated pines and deciduous trees taller than pines. The damage risk was the highest in plantations with heavy soil preparation. Moose summer home ranges had more fertile sites than the overall st... VO - IS - SP - OP - KW - 4112 Forestry; Alces alces; elinpiiri; habitaatinvalinta; hirvi; hirvituhoriski; resurssinvalinta N1 - PP - ER -