THE RESULTS OF THE STUDY OF THE BROWN BEAR POPULATION IN THE RUSSIAN PART OF THE PASVIK-INARI TRILATERAL PARK ACCORDING TO DNA ANALYSIS AND DATA FROM CAMERA TRAPS

• Published in: Proceedings of the Karelian Research Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences
• Main Authors: Sergey Ogurtsov, Olga Makarova, Natalia Polikarpova, Alexander Kopatz, Hans Geir Eiken, Snorre Hagen
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English; Russian
• Published: Karelian Research Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences 2017
• Subjects: ursus arctos; population size; noninvasive sampling; genetic analysis; hair traps; camera traps; pasvik reserve; Science; Q; Norway; Inari; Pasvik; Ursus arctos
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.17076/eco494; https://doaj.org/article/3ba550e97fac448f9717b29d589f0137

In framework of an international project of brown bear population monitoring, the bear population size and structure were analyzed on the Russian side of the Pasvik-Inari Trilateral Park (Russia, Norway, Finland) in 2015. The paper presents data gathered by two noninvasive methods: DNA analysis of h...