Where the wild things are: influence of radiation on the distribution of four mammalian species within the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone

Although nearly 30 years have passed since the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant accident near the town of Pripyat, Ukraine, the status and health of mammal populations within the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone ( CEZ ) remain largely unknown, and are of substantial scientific and public interest. Information...

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Published in:Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment
Main Authors: Webster, Sarah C, Byrne, Michael E, Lance, Stacey L, Love, Cara N, Hinton, Thomas G, Shamovich, Dmitry, Beasley, James C
Other Authors: U.S. Department of Energy, National Geographic Society, Institut de Radioprotection et de SÛreté Nucléaire
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Language:English
Published: Wiley 2016
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spelling crwiley:10.1002/fee.1227 2024-09-15T18:01:16+00:00 Where the wild things are: influence of radiation on the distribution of four mammalian species within the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone Webster, Sarah C Byrne, Michael E Lance, Stacey L Love, Cara N Hinton, Thomas G Shamovich, Dmitry Beasley, James C U.S. Department of Energy National Geographic Society Institut de Radioprotection et de SÛreté Nucléaire 2016 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/fee.1227 https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1002%2Ffee.1227 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/fee.1227 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full-xml/10.1002/fee.1227 https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/am-pdf/10.1002/fee.1227 https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/fee.1227 en eng Wiley http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#am http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment volume 14, issue 4, page 185-190 ISSN 1540-9295 1540-9309 journal-article 2016 crwiley https://doi.org/10.1002/fee.1227 2024-08-30T04:09:54Z Although nearly 30 years have passed since the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant accident near the town of Pripyat, Ukraine, the status and health of mammal populations within the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone ( CEZ ) remain largely unknown, and are of substantial scientific and public interest. Information regarding the response of flora and fauna to chronic radiation exposure is important in helping us understand the ecological consequences of past (eg Chernobyl and Fukushima) and potential future nuclear accidents. We present the results of the first remote‐camera scent‐station survey conducted within the CEZ . We observed individuals of 14 mammalian species in total; for those species with sufficiently robust visitation rates to allow occupancy to be modeled (gray wolf [ Canis lupus ], raccoon dog [ Nyctereutes procyonoides ], Eurasian boar [ Sus scrofa ], and red fox [ Vulpes vulpes ]), we found no evidence to suggest that their distributions were suppressed in highly contaminated areas within the CEZ . These data support the results of other recent studies, and contrast with research suggesting that wildlife populations are depleted within the CEZ . Article in Journal/Newspaper Canis lupus gray wolf Wiley Online Library Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 14 4 185 190
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description Although nearly 30 years have passed since the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant accident near the town of Pripyat, Ukraine, the status and health of mammal populations within the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone ( CEZ ) remain largely unknown, and are of substantial scientific and public interest. Information regarding the response of flora and fauna to chronic radiation exposure is important in helping us understand the ecological consequences of past (eg Chernobyl and Fukushima) and potential future nuclear accidents. We present the results of the first remote‐camera scent‐station survey conducted within the CEZ . We observed individuals of 14 mammalian species in total; for those species with sufficiently robust visitation rates to allow occupancy to be modeled (gray wolf [ Canis lupus ], raccoon dog [ Nyctereutes procyonoides ], Eurasian boar [ Sus scrofa ], and red fox [ Vulpes vulpes ]), we found no evidence to suggest that their distributions were suppressed in highly contaminated areas within the CEZ . These data support the results of other recent studies, and contrast with research suggesting that wildlife populations are depleted within the CEZ .
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