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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  • Oleg Prigoryanu National Park «Orlovskoye Polesie», Orel region, Russia
  • Marina Abadonova National Park «Orlovskoye Polesie», Orel region, Russia
  • Andrey Karpachev National Park «Orlovskoye Polesie», Orel region, Russia

Keywords:

Orlovskoye Polesie National Park, European bison, population management

Abstract

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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Published

2021-09-01

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Vol. 13 (2021)

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Popular science articles

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Copyright (c) 2021 Oleg Prigoryanu, Marina Abadonova, Andrey Karpachev

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Current state of the European bison (Bison bonasus L.) population in the Orlovskoye Polesie National Park and prospects for its development. (2021). European Bison Conservation Newsletter, 13, 73-78. https://ojs.wisent.org/index.php/czasopismo/article/view/26