Hair snares applied to detect brown bears in Øvre Anárjohka and Lemmenjoki National Parks

• Main Authors: Eiken, Hans Geir, Ollila, Leif E., Aspholm, Paul Eric, Ollila, Tuomo, Bergsvåg, Mari, Smith, Martin E., Kopatz, Alexander, Magga, Sari, Sulkava, , Pekka, Aspi, Jouni, Wartiainen, Ingvild
• Format: Report
• Language: English
• Published: Bioforsk 2017
• Subjects: Brunbjørn; Brown bear; Molekylær økologi; Molecular ecology; Bestandsovervåking; Population monitoring; VDP::Molekylærbiologi: 473; VDP::Molecular biology: 473; Inari; Kautokeino; Lappland; Lemmenjoki; Norway; Pasvik; Pechenga; Øvre; Finnmark; Ursus arctos
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11250/2468776

There is limited knowledge on the brown bear (Ursus arctos) populations in the neighboring national parks Lemmenjoki in Finland and Øvre Anárjohka in Norway. Lemmenjoki is the largest National Park in Finland with its 2850 km2, while Øvre Anárjohka National Park is about 1390 km2. Studies of the bea...