Acknowledgements
We would like to thank the local hunting club who helped us with
deciding the study area and contacting the landowners. Moreover, we
thank the landowners for permission to work on their property. Many
thanks for the three field assistants who helped us with collecting the
samples and one of them working also as a lab assistant with DNA
analysis. This work was funded by the Ministry of Agriculture and
Forestry. The project was funded by the Ministry of the Agriculture and
Forestry. JPo was funded by the Doctoral Programme in Biology, Geography
and Geology and received grants also from Jenny and Antti Wihuri
foundation, Societas Pro Fauna et Flora Fennica and Suomen
Riistanhoito-Säätiö. Any use of trade, firm, or product names is for
descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the U.S.
Government.