Current state of the European bison (Bison bonasus L.) population in the Orlovskoye Polesie National Park and prospects for its development
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Orlovskoye Polesie National Park, European bison, population managementAbstract
The largest Russian population of European bison (wisent) inhabits the home range in the western part of the country. Its area consists of National Park Orlovskoye Polesie, National Park Ugra, reserve Kaluzhskie Zaseki and some adjacent sites in Tula region. This area has a potential to support wisent population larger than 1000 animals. The paper presents the development of this population and plans for the future.
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2021-09-01
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Prigoryanu, O., Abadonova, M., & Karpachev, A. (2021). Current state of the European bison (Bison bonasus L.) population in the Orlovskoye Polesie National Park and prospects for its development. European Bison Conservation Newsletter, 13, 73–78. Retrieved from http://ojs.wisent.org/index.php/czasopismo/article/view/26
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