Landscape use by translocated pine martens Josie Bridges, David Bavin, Catherine McNicol, Jenny MacPherson
39 Pine martens translocated from the Scottish Highlands to mid Wales 20 Males/19 Females Released after a week in pens
September 2015 – October 2016
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100 Km!
“post release behaviour of fishers and American martens is characterised by large post-release movements……. ……maximum post release movements of fishers of between 70 and 163km have been reported from >5 studies and martens moved up to 149km from release sites in Wisconsin and Yukon.”
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The team
Henry Schofield, Jenny MacPherson, David Bavin, Alex Tomlinson, Josie Bridges, Lizzie Croose, Catherine McNichol,
Natalie Buttriss, Hilary Macmillan, Helen Kidwell
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Thank you
Scottish Natural Heritage,
Natural Resources Wales,
Forestry Commission
Scotland, Johnny Birks, Pete
Turner, Huw Denman, Robbie
McDonald, Don MacPherson,
John Martin, Karis Hodgson,
Aline Denton, Nick Young, all
volunteers & everyone who
helps with the project