The occurrence of conflicts arising from large carnivore damage to human food sources is common to both marine and terrestrial ecosystems. For example, bears can raid apiaries on land and seals break nets at fish farms in the sea. But what are the commonalities and differences between the methods […]
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As part of the BearHealth project, in modules on (1) stress level and (2) foraging strategies and nutritional status in the studied brown bear populations, we attempted to explain the relationship between estimates of dietary quality (% faecal nitrogen and faecal carbon) […]
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Despite the project approaching an end, we visited the Tatra Mountains again in October 2020. Together with our colleagues from the Tatra National Park, we inspected bear bones found earlier. Monitoring mortality and registering such cases is very important. We will not be able to analyze those samples […]
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Providing reliable population estimation of wild carnivores is essential for their proper management and conservation. Teresa Berezowska-Cnota, Djuro Huber, Agnieszka Olszańska, Nuria Selva and Agnieszka Sergiel from our Institute have co-authored an overview of methods used to estimate relative abundance and population density of nine large European wild carnivore species, including the […]
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In the latest issue of “Geographical” Jacob Dykes, with assistance of our Team member, Carlos Bautista, introduced the rewilding projects across Europe. Carnivore populations are currently expanding across our continent. Some rewilding projects are working not only to expand populations of carnivores, but also to restore ‘self-regulating’ nature on the continent. Taking into account […]
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