@article {15498, title = {Movements, activity patterns and home range of a female brown bear (Ursus arctos, L.) in the Rodopi Mountain Range, Greece}, journal = {Belgian Journal of ZoologyBelgian Journal of Zoology}, volume = {135}, number = {2}, year = {2005}, note = {Export Date: 4 September 2006Source: ScopusReferences: Clevenger, A., Purroy, F., Pelton, M., Movement and activity patterns of a European brown bear in the Cantabrian mountains, Spain (1990) Proceedings Int. Conf. Bear Res. \& Mgmt., 8, pp. 205-211; Hayne, D.W., Calculation of home range (1949) J. Mammal., 30 (1), pp. 1-18; Huber, D., Roth, H.V., Home ranges and movements of brown bears in Plitvice National Park, Yugoslavia (1986) Proceedings Int. Conf. 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With cubs, the female was more active during daytime (73 \% of all radio-readings) than when solitary (28 \%). The female switched to a more crepuscular behaviour, after separation from the yearling (July 2001). According to pooled data from 924 activity - recording sessions, during the whole monitoring period, the female was almost twice as active during day time while rearing cubs (51\% active) than when solitary (23\%). The autumn and early winter home range size of the family was larger (280 km2) than after the separation from the cubs (59 km2). During the family group phase, home range size varied from 258 km2 in autumn to 40 km2 in winter (average denning period lasted 107 days : December 2000-March 2001). The bear hibernated in the Bulgarian part of the Rodopi Range during winters of 2001 and 2002.}, keywords = {Activity patterns, brown bear, Greece, Home range, Mammalia, Movements, Rodopi, Ursus arctos}, author = {Mertzanis, Y. and Isaak, I. and Mavridis, A. and Nikolaou, O. and Riegler, S. and Riegler, A. and Tragos, A.} } @article {15005, title = {Diet of the Barn Owl (Tyto alba) and Little Owl (Athene noctua) in wetlands of northeastern Greece}, journal = {Belgian Journal of ZoologyBelgian Journal of Zoology}, volume = {133}, number = {1}, year = {2003}, note = {Cited By (since 1996): 2Export Date: 5 September 2006Source: ScopusReferences: Alivizatos, H., Goutner, V., Feeding habits of the Long-legged Buzzard (Buteo rufinus) during breeding in northeastern Greece (1997) Israel J. Zool., 43, pp. 257-266; Angelici, F.M., Latella, L., Luiselli, L., Riga, F., The summer diet of the little owl (Athene noctua) on the island of Astipalaia (Dodecanese, Greece) (1997) J. 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Significant seasonal differences in prey composition occured in the Evros Delta, while the summer diets were also different among wetlands. Barn Owl median prey biomass (MPB) was significantly higher than Little Owl MPB in summer, whereas prey diversity and evenness values were higher in the latter species as a consequence of considerable amounts of insects in its diet. In both owl species, MPB differed significantly among the wetlands in the year of study, while seasonal differences occurred occasionally in some of the wetlands. The total prey overlap (Pianka{\textquoteright}s symmetric equation) of the two owl species in the summer (range 27\%-53\%) was lower than the mammalian prey overlap (60\%-97\%) and both were greater than those found by other authors in most parts of the Mediterranean.}, keywords = {Aves, Barn Owl Tyto alba, diet, Greece, Little Owl Athene noctua, wetland}, author = {Goutner, V. and Alivizatos, H.} } @article {14823, title = {The status of the Golden Jackal (Canis aureus L.) in Greece}, journal = {Belgian Journal of ZoologyBelgian Journal of Zoology}, volume = {135}, number = {2}, year = {2005}, note = {Export Date: 4 September 2006Source: ScopusReferences: Creel, S., Creel, N.M., Limitation of African Wild Dogs by Competition with Larger Carnivores (1996) Conserv. Biol., 10 (2), pp. 526-538; Demeter, Spassov, Canis aureus Linnaeus, 1758 - Schakal, Goldschakal (1993) Handbuch Der Sa?ugetiere Europas, pp. 107-138. , Stubbe M. \& F. 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The current minimum size of the jackal population in Greece was estimated at 152-162 different territorial groups. The largest population cluster was found in Nestos - Vistonida area, NE Greece. In Southern Greece, the jackal is found in the Mediterranean maquis zone at altitudes below 600m asl. Some individuals were observed up to 1000m asl, but were considered exceptional. 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Area was identified as an important predictor, while neither distance to the mainland nor distance to the nearest island was identified as of any statistical importance in affecting tenebrionid richness. Thus, as proposed for other very sedentary animals inhabiting this archipelago such as land snails, a relict model is postulated. As most tenebrionids have extremely limited ability to actively disperse over the sea, ancestral species have probably colonised the Aegean Islands by means of land-bridges during Pleistocene falls in the sea level.}, keywords = {Coleoptera, Greece, Island Biogeography, Relict models, tenebrionidae}, author = {Fattorini, S.} }