| Table 2. The occurrence of different standwise damage degree classes of moose damage in forest land in Finland in three National Forest Inventories, split by the main tree species and the development class of the stand. The numbers present the estimated area in km2. | |||||||||||||||||||
| Dominant tree species | Development class | 8th NFI 1986–1994 | 9th NFI 1996–2003 | 10th NFI 2004–2008 | |||||||||||||||
| Degree of damage (standwise) | |||||||||||||||||||
| No damage | Slight | Moderate | Severe | Complete | All plots | No damage | Slight | Moderate | Severe | Complete | All plots | No damage | Slight | Moderate | Severe | Complete | All plots | ||
| Estimated area, km2 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Scots pine | 2 | 9242 | 199 | 196 | 32 | 3 | 9671 | 7740 | 212 | 212 | 45 | 3 | 8212 | 7576 | 468 | 671 | 137 | 13 | 8866 |
| 3 | 20765 | 1163 | 943 | 174 | 12 | 23058 | 17617 | 1465 | 1443 | 438 | 16 | 20978 | 10739 | 1704 | 2142 | 459 | 33 | 15078 | |
| 4 | 49529 | 572 | 377 | 64 | 3 | 50544 | 55766 | 412 | 429 | 119 | 9 | 56734 | 54184 | 629 | 953 | 156 | 0 | 55922 | |
| 5 | 23008 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 23028 | 26387 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 26408 | 30902 | 48 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 30990 | |
| 6 | 19875 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 19886 | 18060 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18060 | 18051 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18054 | |
| 7 | 1459 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1462 | 493 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 493 | 328 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 328 | |
| 8 | 2057 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2057 | 2306 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2306 | 1591 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1591 | |
| All | 125934 | 1951 | 1521 | 281 | 17 | 129705 | 128370 | 2108 | 2086 | 602 | 27 | 133192 | 123372 | 2853 | 3805 | 752 | 47 | 130828 | |
| Norway spruce | 2 | 2980 | 20 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 3017 | 3568 | 91 | 52 | 6 | 0 | 3717 | 5226 | 222 | 134 | 21 | 0 | 5603 |
| 3 | 3946 | 36 | 34 | 11 | 3 | 4030 | 4636 | 250 | 122 | 33 | 3 | 5044 | 5477 | 310 | 259 | 35 | 0 | 6081 | |
| 4 | 9695 | 40 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 9764 | 9141 | 32 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 9196 | 7920 | 30 | 40 | 3 | 0 | 7994 | |
| 5 | 18984 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 18998 | 16486 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 16502 | 14392 | 13 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 14426 | |
| 6 | 15295 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 15299 | 13649 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13650 | 13900 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13917 | |
| 7 | 310 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 310 | 128 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 128 | 61 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 61 | |
| 8 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 56 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |
| All | 51221 | 101 | 84 | 19 | 3 | 51429 | 47664 | 386 | 202 | 39 | 3 | 48294 | 46983 | 590 | 456 | 59 | 0 | 48088 | |
| Broadleaves | 2 | 408 | 3 | 35 | . | 3 | 448 | 746 | 38 | 93 | 9 | 11 | 897 | 506 | 34 | 49 | 11 | 14 | 613 |
| 3 | 1953 | 38 | 99 | 15 | 5 | 2110 | 3214 | 259 | 349 | 74 | 50 | 3945 | 2212 | 222 | 380 | 130 | 35 | 2979 | |
| 4 | 9344 | 62 | 119 | 55 | 3 | 9583 | 9448 | 52 | 89 | 33 | 0 | 9622 | 8970 | 104 | 212 | 83 | 0 | 9369 | |
| 5 | 2391 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2397 | 2957 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 2975 | 4097 | 22 | 27 | 17 | 0 | 4163 | |
| 6 | 1831 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1831 | 1621 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1621 | 1844 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1848 | |
| 7 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 69 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 69 | |
| 8 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 156 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 156 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | |
| All | 15989 | 104 | 253 | 75 | 11 | 16432 | 18186 | 354 | 540 | 119 | 62 | 19261 | 17728 | 382 | 668 | 244 | 49 | 19070 | |
| Al l tree species | 1 | 2963 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 2975 | 2629 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2632 | 2868 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2868 |
| 2 | 12630 | 221 | 243 | 37 | 5 | 13137 | 12054 | 342 | 357 | 60 | 14 | 12826 | 13308 | 724 | 853 | 169 | 28 | 15082 | |
| 3 | 26664 | 1238 | 1077 | 200 | 20 | 29199 | 25467 | 1974 | 1913 | 545 | 69 | 29968 | 18428 | 2236 | 2781 | 624 | 68 | 24137 | |
| 4 | 68568 | 674 | 525 | 119 | 5 | 69892 | 74355 | 496 | 541 | 153 | 9 | 75553 | 71074 | 763 | 1205 | 243 | 0 | 73285 | |
| 5 | 44383 | 23 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 44422 | 45830 | 35 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 45885 | 49392 | 84 | 86 | 17 | 0 | 49579 | |
| 6 | 37002 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 37016 | 33330 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33331 | 33796 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 33819 | |
| 7 | 1803 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1806 | 666 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 666 | 457 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 457 | |
| 8 | 2095 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2095 | 2518 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2518 | 1626 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1626 | |
| All | 196107 | 2156 | 1865 | 376 | 37 | 200540 | 196849 | 2848 | 2828 | 760 | 94 | 203378 | 190950 | 3824 | 4929 | 1055 | 96 | 200854 | |