Evaluating Home Ranges of Endangered Asiatic Black Bears for in Situ Conservation
2005
Kang, H.S. (Sungshin Women's University, Seoul, Republic of Korea), E-mail: [email protected] | Paek, K.J. (Sungshin Women's University, Seoul, Republic of Korea)
A project has recently begun to reintroduce endangered Asiatic blank bears to the Jirisan National Park. However, information on home range that is necessary to maintain the Minimum Viable Population (MVP) of those bears does not exist. Based on point data of two bears that were released for trial in Jirisan in 2001, we identified the movement pattern of bears and estimated their home ranges with two different methods. Finally, the possibility of conserving the MVP of bears was evaluated by comparing the location and size of the home range with habitats which have been found to be suitable for bears.
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