Publication Type: | Journal Article |
Year of Publication: | 2006 |
Authors: | Kojola, I, Heikkinen, S |
Journal: | Annales Zoologici Fennici |
Volume: | 43 |
Pagination: | 258-262 |
Date Published: | 2006 |
Keywords: | Ursus arctos |
Abstract: | Based on the geographic location of male and female bears shot in Finland in 1954-2003, we examined regional differences in the population structure of peripheral brown bear (Ursus arctos). More bears were shot in western and northern locations in 1954-1963 than in 1993-1998. Between 1954-1963 male and female bears were shot in equal proportions, whereas between 1993-2003 more males than females were shot in western and northern locations. During 1968-1995, the population growth rate was strikingly higher in southern than in northern parts of Finland. Our results provide evidence that the peripheral Finnish brown bear population increases towards both the north and west, which may occur because of a higher harvesting rate in the north and a recent population expansion from the east. © Finnish Zoological and Botanical Publishing Board 2006. |
The structure of the expanded brown bear population at the edge of the Finnish range
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