Litter size and basic diet of brown bears (Ursus arctos, Carnivora) in northeastern Turkey

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dc.contributor.authorAmbarlı, Hüseyin
dc.date.accessioned2020-04-30T23:18:57Z
dc.date.available2020-04-30T23:18:57Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.departmentDÜ, Orman Fakültesi, Yaban Hayatı Ekolojisi ve Yönetimi Bölümüen_US
dc.descriptionAmbarli, Huseyin/0000-0003-4336-9417en_US
dc.descriptionWOS: 000372020000014en_US
dc.description.abstractBrown bears (Ursus arctos) are the largest among terrestrial mammals and are at the center of most human-wildlife conflicts, but there has been little ecological research on the species in Turkey. The aim of this study was to document the litter size and diet of brown bears in the province of Artvin. Observations of brown bears were conducted from 2004 to 2012, with a total observation time of 588 h. A total of 72 scats were collected and analyzed. Most bears (43.6%) were spotted during the mating season in late May and early June. The average litter size was 1.67 (n = 39), and the average number of yearlings was 1.19 (n = 27). The average survival of cubs-of-the-year to the succeeding year was 0.71. The bears' diet consisted mainly of herbaceous plants (87.5%). The average litter size observed was among the smallest, and the diet was among the most herbivorous documented in brown bear populations in the world. Monitoring and revealing the basic ecological parameters of the brown bears in Turkey may provide baseline data for the effective management and conservation of brown bear populations in southwest Asia.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipWildlife Conservation Society; Lesser Caucasus GAP Analysis Project; Kackar Mountains Sustainable Forest Use and Conservation ProjectMinistry of Forestry & Water Affairs - Turkeyen_US
dc.description.sponsorshipThis study was partially funded by Wildlife Conservation Society, Lesser Caucasus GAP Analysis Project, and Kackar Mountains Sustainable Forest Use and Conservation Project. This research was done under permit B.18.ICO.08.04/1173 by Artvin Province Governorship. I thank Dr. Can Bilgin for his support during the early stage of the study; my field collaborators Yasar Kusdili, Mevlut, Muhammed and Yasar Kose, Sitki Eraydin, Ozgur Alacam, and Mehmet Turan; and directors of the National Parks and Wildlife Department of Artvin during the study period. I would like to thank Dr. Bruce McLellan and two anonymous reviewers for their valuable suggestions on the previous version of the manuscript.en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1515/mammalia-2014-0111en_US
dc.identifier.endpage240en_US
dc.identifier.issn0025-1461
dc.identifier.issn1864-1547
dc.identifier.issue2en_US
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ2en_US
dc.identifier.startpage235en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1515/mammalia-2014-0111
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12684/3593
dc.identifier.volume80en_US
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000372020000014en_US
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ3en_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Scienceen_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopusen_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherWalter De Gruyter Gmbhen_US
dc.relation.ispartofMammaliaen_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessen_US
dc.subjectartvinen_US
dc.subjectbrown bearen_US
dc.subjectdieten_US
dc.subjectpopulation ecologyen_US
dc.subjectTurkeyen_US
dc.titleLitter size and basic diet of brown bears (Ursus arctos, Carnivora) in northeastern Turkeyen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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