How many animals live in an area? Where are they migrating? How old are they? Genetic analyzes can answer more and more such questions – and are therefore also of interest for nature conservation.
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The males of the capercaillie are imposing animals and grow to the size of a turkey. Nevertheless, the shy birds are difficult to observe.
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Suddenly there is a lead. Pierre Mollet saw them from about eight meters away. He hastily trudges across the snow-covered forest floor in big strides with his snowshoes. The footprints of a bird, about ten centimeters wide, can be seen in the frozen snow. Mollet bends over her. “It was definitely a grouse,” he says in an excited voice.
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