Iwo, the traveler Tatra bear that went south down to Hungary on 3rd may, crossed the Polish-Slovakian border yesterday in the Podkarpackie region. Iwo has travelled 373 km since he started his journey from the Tatra Mountains three and a […]
Read moreThe incredible Iwo’s journey was an exciting experience not only for the bear, but also to Polish, Hungarian and Slovakian scientists, nature conservationists, and nature enthusiasts. The media cover on Iwo’s current whereabouts was impressive. Numerous links to the articles, press notes, social media releases referring to the Iwo’s journey from […]
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Iwo, a 5-year old bear collared in Poland, went from the Tatra Mountains through the whole Slovakia to Hungary in one week. Iwo was captured and collared in the Polish Tatras by researchers of the Tatra National Park and the Institute of Nature Conservation in Krakow a year ago. […]
Read moreTo investigate changes in the foraging behaviour of the Carpathian brown bears during the last few hundred years the GLOBE team was taking bone samples from recent and historic brown bear specimens from the various natural history museums and collections allover Europe, including […]
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The third GLOBE meeting was held in Ås by the University Campus on 20-24th April 2015. During the meeting we had the opportunity to get to know some of the preliminary results that were presented and to discuss further issues related to the stress and stable isotope analyses of samples as […]
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