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- Title
Dens and beds of the brown bear Ursus arctos in the Eastern Carpathian region - Poloniny National Park.
- Authors
Štofík, Jozef; Saniga, Miroslav
- Abstract
Distribution of dens and beds of the brown bear across the Eastern Carpathians Mts was assessed based on the data about occurrence of bear dens and data assembled by tracking the bears assembled by the year 2012. The spatial analyses were performed the data about 8 (10) ground, 1 tree, 1 camp, 5 breeding and 15 transitory beds. The dens and beds were situated on warmer, SW facing localities (186°, SD ± 68°), at higher altitudes (average of 637 m a.s.l., SD ± 118 m a.s.l.) on relatively steep slopes (14°, SD ± 6°). The hibernation dens (tree and ground) were mostly buried in thickets or in young understory enclaves in older stands. The most part of hibernation dens were in the existing and planned nature reserves of primeval forests (6 in 11). The breeding dens were situated in young conifer stands. The bears emerged from their nests in March, in most cases when distracted.
- Subjects
BROWN bear; GEOGRAPHIC spatial analysis; HIBERNATION; ANIMAL habitations; NARODNY park Poloniny (Slovakia)
- Publication
Folia Oecologica, 2012, Vol 39, Issue 2, p147
- ISSN
1336-5266
- Publication type
Article