On 24th of November 2023 the AnthroBear project team members hosted the workshop on the impacts of escalating anthropogenic activities on wildlife populations. The workshop brought together 19 scientists and students from different institutions to discuss the approaches to studying anthropogenic pressure effects […]
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Forest history written in hairs
Forests are threatened not only by logging, but also by “invisible” forces of global change. By analyzing almost 700 hairs of the entire mammal community of Białowieża Forest (Poland) representing 50 species, scientists have discovered important changes in hair stable isotope composition. The study, covering 66 years from just after World War […]
Read moreAnthroBear project results poster presentation at the 8th International Society of Wildlife Endocrinology Conference
This year’s International Society of Wildlife Endocrinology Conference was held in Corbett National Park, India, on 6-9 November 2023. The AnthroBear project results on male brown bears reproductive glands were presented as a poster in the Reproductive Function Section, […]
Read moreFAIR data for large carnivore conservation
The FAIR data principles- Findability, Accessibility, Interoperability, and Reusability- are being increasingly applied to all scientific disciplines. These principles represent a commitment for data depositing and sharing of the scientific community, societies, institutions, repositories and publishers. However, the situation is far from ideal when it comes to data on damage caused […]
Read moreWelcoming Laura Nickels: our intern delving into brown bear adrenal glands
Laura is our newest short-term intern at the Institute of Nature Conservation of Polish Academy of Sciences. Within the frames of her Bachelor thesis, she is working along AnthroBear project team as of September 2023 – testing the waters of ecophysiology while studying […]
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