Importance of maternal size on the reproductive success of perch, Perca fluviatilis, in small forest lakes: implications for fisheries management.

doi-link: 10.1111/j.1365-2400.2012.00845.x
Tekijät: Olin, M.; Jutila, J.; Lehtonen, H.; Vinni, M.; Ruuhijärvi, J.; Estlander, S.; Rask, M.; Kuparinen, A.; Lappalainen, J.
Julkaisu: Fisheries Management and Ecology 19(5):363-374
Julkaisuvuosi: 2012
Keywords: eggs; larvae; maternal size; Perca fluviatilis; perch; reproduction
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Competetive effects of fish in structurally simple habitats: perch, invertebrates, and goldeneye in small boreal lakes.

doi-link: 10.1007/s00027-011-0225-4
Tekijät: Nummi, P., Väänänen, V.-M., Rask, M., Nyberg, K. & Taskinen, K.
Julkaisu: Aquatic Sciences 74(2):343-350.
Julkaisuvuosi: 2012
Keywords: Community structure, Interspecific competition, Intraguild predation, Bucephala clangula, Dytiscidae, Perca fluviatilis
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Short- and long-term patterns of ¹³⁷Cs in fish and other aquatic organisms of small forest lakes in southern Finland since the Chernobyl accident.

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Tekijät: Rask, M., Saxén, R., Ruuhijärvi, J., Arvola, L., Järvinen, M., Koskelainen, U., Outola, I. & Vuorinen, P. J.
Julkaisu: Journal of Environmental Radioactivity 103(1):41-47.
Julkaisuvuosi: 2012
Keywords: 137Cs; Chernobyl fallout; Forest lakes; Freshwater fish; Crustacean zooplankton; Asellus aquaticus
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Defining spatial priorities for capercaillie Tetrao urogallus lekking landscape conservation in south-central Finland.

doi-link: 10.2981/11-073
Tekijät: S. Sirkiä, J. Lehtomäki, H. Lindén, E. Tomppo and A. Moilanen
Julkaisu: Wildlife Biology 18(4):337-353.
Julkaisuvuosi: 2012
Keywords: Boreal forest, capercaillie, connectivity, game management, grouse, lekking site, spatial conservation planning, Tetrao urogallus, Zonation
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Quantifying the effects of in-stream habitat structure and discharge on leaf retention: implications for stream restoration

doi-link: 10.1899/11-173.1
Tekijät: Saija Koljonen, Pauliina Louhi, Aki Mäki-Petäys, Ari Huusko & Timo Muotka
Julkaisu: Freshwater Science 31(4):1121-1130.
Julkaisuvuosi: 2012
Keywords: CPOM retention, experimental flumes, flow variation, habitat heterogeneity, stream restoration
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Rise and fall of a wolf population: genetic diversity and structure during recovery, rapid expansion and drastic decline.

doi-link: 10.1111/mec.12010
Tekijät: E. Jansson, M. Ruokonen, I . Kojola and J . Aspi
Julkaisu: Molecular Ecology 21(21):5178–5193.
Julkaisuvuosi: 2012
Keywords: Canis lupus; effective population size; Finland; gene flow; inbreeding; temporal genetic variation
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Problem brown bears Ursus arctos in Finland in relation to bear feeding for tourism purposes and the density of bears and humans

doi-link: 10.2981/11-052
Tekijät: Ilpo Kojola & Samuli Heikkinen
Julkaisu: Wildlife Biology 18(3):258-263.
Julkaisuvuosi: 2012
Keywords: Bear Density; Bear Feeding; Brown Bear; Human Density; Problem Bears; Tourism; Ursus Arctos
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Limited gene flow among brown bear populations in far Northern Europe? Genetic analysis of the east–west border population in the Pasvik Valley.

doi-link: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2012.05631.x
Tekijät: Julia Schregel, Alexander Kopatz, Snorre B. Hagen, Henrik Brøseth, Martin E. Smith, Steinar Wikan, Ingvild Wartiainen, Paul E. Aspholm, Jouni Aspi, Jon E. Swenson, Olga Makarova, Natalia Polikarpova, Michael Schneider, Per M. Knappskog, Minna Ruokonen, Ilpo Kojola, Konstantin F. Tirronen, Pjotr I . Danilov and Hans Geir Eiken
Julkaisu: Molecular Ecology 21(14):3474–3488.
Julkaisuvuosi: 2012
Keywords: capture–mark–recapture; DNA; effective population size; microsatellites; migration rates; Ne/Nc ratio; noninvasive genetic sampling; population structure
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The raccoon dog (Nyctereutes procyonoides) in the community of medium-sized carnivores in Europe: its adaptations, impact on native fauna and management of the population

Tekijät: Kaarina Kauhala, Rafal Kowalczyk
Julkaisu: Teos: Álvares, F. I., Mata, G. E. (toim.), Carnivores. Species, Conservation and Management. Nova Science Publishers, Inc., New York. Pp. 49-77.
Julkaisuvuosi: 2012
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Demographic structure and mortality rate of a Baltic grey seal population at different stages of population change, judged on the basis of the hunting bag in Finland.

doi-link: 10.5735/086.049.0502
Tekijät: Kaarina Kauhala, Markus P. Ahola and Mervi Kunnasranta
Julkaisu: Annales Zoologici Fennici 49:287-305.
Julkaisuvuosi: 2012
Keywords: Halichoerus grypus, age structure, human induced mortality, population dynamics, sex ratio
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