The wildland-urban interface in Poland reflects legacies of historical national borders

D Kaim, DP Helmers, M Jakiel, D Pavlačka… - Landscape …, 2023 - Springer
Context The wildland-urban interface (WUI) is an area where houses are located near
wildland vegetation. As such, the WUI is a focal area of wildfire risk, human-wildlife conflicts …

Predictors of brown bear predation events on livestock in the Romanian Carpathians

MI Pop, MA Dyck, S Chiriac, B Lajos… - … Science and Practice, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Livestock depredation by brown bears is one of the main source of human–wildlife conflict in
rural Eastern Europe. Thus, identifying environmental and anthropogenic drivers of human …

Spatial ecology of conflicts: Unravelling patterns of wildlife damage at multiple scales

C Bautista, E Revilla… - … of the Royal …, 2021 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Human encroachment into natural habitats is typically followed by conflicts derived from
wildlife damage to agriculture and livestock. Spatial risk modelling is a useful tool to gain the …

[PDF][PDF] Movement ecology of brown bears (Ursus arctos) in the Romanian Eastern Carpathians

IM Pop, L Bereczky, S Chiriac… - Nature …, 2018 - natureconservation.pensoft.net
Brown bear movement patterns are driven by their opportunistic feeding behaviour, with
their complex life history and seasonality playing an important role in habitat selection …

Habitat specificity drives differences in space‐use patterns of multiple mesocarnivores in an agroecosystem

A Katna, A Kulkarni, M Thaker, AT Vanak - Journal of Zoology, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Space‐use patterns of animals are a fundamental measure of resource
requirements and constraints. In some human‐modified landscapes, especially …

Inferring fine-scale spatial structure of the brown bear (Ursus arctos) population in the Carpathians prior to infrastructure development

A Fedorca, IRM Russo, O Ionescu, G Ionescu… - Scientific Reports, 2019 - nature.com
Landscape genetics is increasingly being used in landscape planning for biodiversity
conservation by assessing habitat connectivity and identifying landscape barriers, using …

Spring phenology drives range shifts in a migratory Arctic ungulate with key implications for the future

JP Severson, HE Johnson, SM Arthur… - Global Change …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Annual variation in phenology can have profound effects on the behavior of animals. As
climate change advances spring phenology in ecosystems around the globe, it is becoming …

[PDF][PDF] Brown bear occurrence along a proposed highway route in Romania's Carpathian Mountains

C Domokos, S Collet, C Nowak… - Nature …, 2024 - natureconservation.pensoft.net
Linear transportation infrastructure threatens terrestrial mammals by altering their habitats,
creating barriers to movement and increasing mortality risk. Large carnivores are especially …

Romanian carnivores at a crossroads

V Popescu, M Pop, S Chiriac, L Rozylowicz - Science, 2019 - science.org
In their Report “Human impact erodes chimpanzee behavioral diversity”(29 March, p. 1453),
HS Kühl et al. find that chimpanzees in modified landscapes show low behavioral diversity …

Habitat use and selection patterns inform habitat conservation priorities of an endangered large carnivore in southern Europe

M de Gabriel Hernando, AA Karamanlidis… - Endangered Species …, 2021 - int-res.com
Understanding the habitat use and selection patterns of endangered species is essential in
developing management measures that will protect critical habitat and mitigate human …