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Spatial and temporal characteristics of brown bears forced shooting cases in the Sakhalin Region
- Authors: Tsvetkova A.1, Seryodkin I.2
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Affiliations:
- РГАУ-МСХА им. К.А. Тимирязева
- Тихоокеанский институт географии ДВО РАН
- Issue: Vol 28, No 2 (2025)
- Pages: 73-76
- Section: BIOLOGY
- URL: https://journals.rcsi.science/1605-220X/article/view/299468
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.31433/2618-9593-2025-28-2-73-76
- EDN: https://elibrary.ru/AQNUGI
- ID: 299468
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Abstract
In the Sakhalin Region, for the period of 2014–2024, it was registered a highly frequent forced shootings of the brown bear (Ursus arctos L., 1758) in populated areas (98 individuals per year, on average). The overall dynamics of brown bears forced shootings tends to increase. Most of the cases are in the urban districts of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Anivsky, Korsakovsky and Kholmsky (>80 cases). In July-August (summer food period) the highest number of forced brown bears shootings were recorded.
About the authors
A.A. Tsvetkova
РГАУ-МСХА им. К.А. Тимирязева
Email: a.tsvetkovaaa@mail.ru
ORCID iD: 0009-0004-3911-2904
Russian Federation, ул. Тимирязевская 49, Москва, 127550,
I.V. Seryodkin
Тихоокеанский институт географии ДВО РАН
Author for correspondence.
Email: seryodkinivan@inbox.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0003-4054-9236
Russian Federation, ул. Радио 7, г. Владивосток, 690041
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