NEW DATA ON NUTRITION OF BROWN BEAR (URSUS ARCTOS L.) OF KARELIA AND THE SOUTH OF THE KOLA PENINSULA

The article provides data on the diet of brown bear, collected in Karelia and the Terski district of Murmansk Region in the 2002-2016 years. Quantitative characteristics of the diet of the brown bear are given on the basis of analysis of the composition of feces (n = 631) and registration of pattern...

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Published in:Proceedings of the Karelian Research Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Main Authors: Konstantin Tirronen, Danila Panchenko, Anastasia Kuznetcova
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Russian
Published: Karelian Research Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences 2016
Subjects:
brown bear
ursus arctos l
karelia
kola peninsula
nutrition
Science
Q
Kola Peninsula
Murmansk
Ursus arctos
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.17076/eco513
https://doaj.org/article/7d86d9f71d684298b7d7e9cab8554bde
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Summary:The article provides data on the diet of brown bear, collected in Karelia and the Terski district of Murmansk Region in the 2002-2016 years. Quantitative characteristics of the diet of the brown bear are given on the basis of analysis of the composition of feces (n = 631) and registration of patterns predator foraging activity. The seasonal dynamics of consumed food items, regional and local features are described in the article. Particular attention was paid to the role of ants in the bear feeding, to estimate this more than 800 ant colonies were examined on the routes.

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