Connectivity assessments typically rely on resistance surfaces derived from habitat models, assuming that higher-quality habitat facilitates movement. This assumption remains largely untested though, and it is unlikely that the same environmental factors determine […]
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Hibernation has been a key area of research for several decades, essentially in small mammals in the laboratory, yet we know very little about what triggers or ends it in the wild. Do climatic factors, an internal biological clock, or physiological processes dominate? […]
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Authors analysed 527 fecal samples of the brown bears inhabiting boreal forest of southcentral Sweden, collected in 1994-1996 and 2000-2001. They described seasonal and annual variation in the diet of brown bears, they also studied berry availability by inventorying 308 […]
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The GLOBE project team met again for the the fourth working meeting, this time in Zakopane (Poland) on 8-10 December. We had the opportunity to meet in the hospitable Center for Research and Conservation of Mountain Plants with Mountain Botanical Garden in Zakopane, where for three full days researchers and collaborators […]
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Authors present a study on the human-induced landscape of fear in brown bears, which is an extremely important issue as human persecution is a major cause of mortality for large carnivores. Large carnivores avoid humans, but may use human-dominated landscapes by being nocturnal and elusive. […]
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