Brown bear habitat selection in relation to anthropogenic structures in the Bieszczady Mountains, Poland

Abstract In Europe, brown bear Ursus arctos habitats frequently overlap with human settlements and infrastructure. We tested whether anthropogenic structures played an important role in habitat selection by brown bears in the Bieszczady Mountains, Poland. We analysed 668 signs of brown bear presence...

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Published in:Biologia
Main Authors: Frąckowiak, Witold, Theuerkauf, Jörn, Pirga, Bartosz, Gula, Roman
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:unknown
Published: Walter de Gruyter GmbH 2014
Subjects:
Plant Science
Animal Science and Zoology
Genetics
Cell Biology
Biochemistry
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Molecular Biology
Ursus arctos
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/s11756-014-0386-4
https://www.degruyter.com/view/j/biolog.2014.69.issue-7/s11756-014-0386-4/s11756-014-0386-4.pdf
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spelling crdegruytopen:10.2478/s11756-014-0386-4 2023-05-15T18:41:58+02:00 Brown bear habitat selection in relation to anthropogenic structures in the Bieszczady Mountains, Poland Frąckowiak, Witold Theuerkauf, Jörn Pirga, Bartosz Gula, Roman 2014 http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/s11756-014-0386-4 https://www.degruyter.com/view/j/biolog.2014.69.issue-7/s11756-014-0386-4/s11756-014-0386-4.pdf unknown Walter de Gruyter GmbH Biologia volume 69, issue 7 ISSN 1336-9563 Plant Science Animal Science and Zoology Genetics Cell Biology Biochemistry Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics Molecular Biology journal-article 2014 crdegruytopen https://doi.org/10.2478/s11756-014-0386-4 2017-08-15T20:48:57Z Abstract In Europe, brown bear Ursus arctos habitats frequently overlap with human settlements and infrastructure. We tested whether anthropogenic structures played an important role in habitat selection by brown bears in the Bieszczady Mountains, Poland. We analysed 668 signs of brown bear presence recorded during 6 counts along 246 km of transects (total 1,476 km) in spring, summer and autumn of 1993 and 1994. Habitat selection of bears was more related to habitat and altitude than to human factors. Avoidance of roads, settlements and forest clearings influenced habitat selection by brown bears in spring but less in summer and autumn. Article in Journal/Newspaper Ursus arctos Sciendo (de Gruyter - via CrossRef) Biologia 69 7 926 930
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topic Plant Science
Animal Science and Zoology
Genetics
Cell Biology
Biochemistry
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Molecular Biology
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Animal Science and Zoology
Genetics
Cell Biology
Biochemistry
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Molecular Biology
Frąckowiak, Witold
Theuerkauf, Jörn
Pirga, Bartosz
Gula, Roman
Brown bear habitat selection in relation to anthropogenic structures in the Bieszczady Mountains, Poland
topic_facet Plant Science
Animal Science and Zoology
Genetics
Cell Biology
Biochemistry
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Molecular Biology
description Abstract In Europe, brown bear Ursus arctos habitats frequently overlap with human settlements and infrastructure. We tested whether anthropogenic structures played an important role in habitat selection by brown bears in the Bieszczady Mountains, Poland. We analysed 668 signs of brown bear presence recorded during 6 counts along 246 km of transects (total 1,476 km) in spring, summer and autumn of 1993 and 1994. Habitat selection of bears was more related to habitat and altitude than to human factors. Avoidance of roads, settlements and forest clearings influenced habitat selection by brown bears in spring but less in summer and autumn.
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author Frąckowiak, Witold
Theuerkauf, Jörn
Pirga, Bartosz
Gula, Roman
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Theuerkauf, Jörn
Pirga, Bartosz
Gula, Roman
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title Brown bear habitat selection in relation to anthropogenic structures in the Bieszczady Mountains, Poland
title_short Brown bear habitat selection in relation to anthropogenic structures in the Bieszczady Mountains, Poland
title_full Brown bear habitat selection in relation to anthropogenic structures in the Bieszczady Mountains, Poland
title_fullStr Brown bear habitat selection in relation to anthropogenic structures in the Bieszczady Mountains, Poland
title_full_unstemmed Brown bear habitat selection in relation to anthropogenic structures in the Bieszczady Mountains, Poland
title_sort brown bear habitat selection in relation to anthropogenic structures in the bieszczady mountains, poland
publisher Walter de Gruyter GmbH
publishDate 2014
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