Swedish capercaillies are becoming real citizens in Brandenburg
Tuesday, January 19, 2016 - 10:38
in Biology & Nature
Using molecular genetic tools, scientists have demonstrated the existence of a grandchildren’s generation of capercaillies in the south of Brandenburg in East Germany. A pilot conservation project reintroduced these endangered birds to two German nature reserves as recently as 2012. The founder population was wild caught in Sweden and then transferred to Brandenburg.