Home Ranges and Movements of Brown Bears in Plitvice Lakes National Park, Yugoslavia

January 1, 1986

Home Ranges and Movements of Brown Bears in Plitvice Lakes National Park, Yugoslavia

Two European brown bears (Ursus arctos) were captured in Plitvice Lakes National Park, fitted with radiocollars and tracked for 426 and 198 days. The home ranges used by these bears were 85 km2 and 50 km2. Daily movements (N = 66) averaged 2.0 km (median = 1.6 km) and ranged from 0.4 to 6.2 km. These bears spent 37% of their time outside the Park boundaries, in areas where they may be hunted.

Author(s) Djuro Huber and Hans U. Roth
Volume 6
Issue
Pages 93-97
Publication Date 1 January 1986
DOI 10.2307/3872810
File Size 255.20 KB
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