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BROWN BEAR (URSUS ARCTOS) (CARNIVORA, MAMMALIA) DENS OF THE KRONOTSKY NATURE RESERVE

https://doi.org/10.18500/1684-7318-2018-1-101-105

Abstract

Seventeen brown bear dens were studied in the Kronotsky Nature Reserve (Russian Far East). The majority of dens were excavated in the ground. The dens were located mainly in the upper part of slopes with southwest aspects in birch forests, dwarf Siberian pine and alder patches. The structure of the dens was typical for brown bear ground dens. There are places in the basin of Shumnaya River in Kamchatka where brown bears prefer to set up their dens.

About the Authors

I. V. Seryodkin
Pacific Geographical Institute of the Far Eastern Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences
Russian Federation


V. V. Zhakov
Kamchatka Branch of Pacific Geographical Institute of the Far Eastern Branch, Russian Academy of Science
Russian Federation


John Paczkowski
Alberta Environment and Parks
Russian Federation


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Seryodkin I.V., Zhakov V.V., Paczkowski J. BROWN BEAR (URSUS ARCTOS) (CARNIVORA, MAMMALIA) DENS OF THE KRONOTSKY NATURE RESERVE. Povolzhskiy Journal of Ecology. 2018;(1):101-105. https://doi.org/10.18500/1684-7318-2018-1-101-105

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