Publications by authors named "Kajetan Perzanowski"
European bison is a species for which health monitoring is essential in conservation activities. So far, little research has been carried out on the concentration of elements in this species. Most previous studies did not associate the concentration of elements with susceptibility to diseases.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFHabitat loss threatens large mammals worldwide, and their survival will depend on habitat in human-dominated landscapes. Conservation planners thus face the challenge to identify areas of least conflict with land use, yet broadscale species distribution models rarely incorporate real landscape patterns nor do they identify potential conservation conflicts. An excellent example of such conservation challenges is provided by European bison (Bison bonasus).
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- European red deer have three main mtDNA lineages: western, eastern, and North-African/Sardinian, with the western lineage being widespread in regions like the British Isles and Scandinavia.
- The study fills gaps in previous genetic analyses by examining mtDNA sequences from over 500 red deer across central and eastern Europe, increasing the total sample size to nearly 1,100.
- Findings indicate that while the western lineage is prevalent in eastern Europe, its distribution may largely result from human intervention through translocations, rather than natural expansion from the eastern lineage after the last ice age.
Forests provide important ecosystem services, and protected areas around the world are intended to reduce human disturbance on forests. The question is how forest cover is changing in different parts of the world, why some areas are more frequently disturbed, and if protected areas are effective in limiting anthropogenic forest disturbance. The Carpathians are Eastern Europe's largest contiguous forest ecosystem and are a hotspot of biodiversity.
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