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Article

Habitat-Related Differences in Winter Presence and Spring–Summer Activity of Roe Deer in Warsaw

by
Karolina D. Jasińska
1,*,
Mateusz Jackowiak
1,2,
Jakub Gryz
3,
Szymon Bijak
4,
Katarzyna Szyc
4 and
Dagny Krauze-Gryz
1
1
Department of Forest Zoology and Wildlife Management, Institute of Forest Sciences, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Nowoursynowska 159, 02-776 Warsaw, Poland
2
Central Laboratory for Environmental Analysis—CentLab, Institute of Environmental Protection—National Research Institute, Krucza 5/11D, 00-548 Warsaw, Poland
3
Department of Forest Ecology, Forest Research Institute, Sękocin Stary, Braci Leśnej 3, 05-090 Raszyn, Poland
4
Department of Forest Management Planning, Dendrometry and Forest Economics, Institute of Forest Sciences, Warsaw University of Life Sciences—SGGW, Nowoursynowska 159, 02-776 Warsaw, Poland
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Forests 2021, 12(8), 970; https://doi.org/10.3390/f12080970
Submission received: 28 June 2021 / Revised: 16 July 2021 / Accepted: 19 July 2021 / Published: 22 July 2021
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Forests for a Better Future: Sustainability, Innovation and Interdisciplinarity)
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Abstract

Preliminary research conducted in Warsaw in the 1970s and 2000s showed that roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) stayed in forest habitat and avoided anthropogenic areas. Activity and exploration patterns of animals are shaped by indices of anthropogenic disturbances, elevated in large cities. The aims of the study were (1) to compare the presence of roe deer in natural and anthropogenic habitats of Warsaw during three periods: 1976–1978, 2005–2008 and 2017–2021, based on snow tracking on transect routes (681.2 km in total), and (2) to describe the presence and activity of roe deer in relation to human disturbances in selected urban forests in its reproductive period (March–August), based on camera trap survey (2019–2020, 859 observations, 5317 trap-days in total). The number of tracks was higher in natural habitat during all three periods, with the highest value in 2017–2021 (9.85/km/24h). The peak of roe deer activity was recorded at dusk, and it changed with moon phases between spring and summer. Landscape connectivity and level of light pollution did not affect the activity pattern of roe deer. Our research showed that roe deer inhabiting urban areas avoided human presence by using well-covered habitats and being active in periods when the level of human disturbance was lower.
Keywords: Capreolus capreolus; ungulate; urban forests; human disturbances; daily activity; moon phases Capreolus capreolus; ungulate; urban forests; human disturbances; daily activity; moon phases

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Jasińska, K.D.; Jackowiak, M.; Gryz, J.; Bijak, S.; Szyc, K.; Krauze-Gryz, D. Habitat-Related Differences in Winter Presence and Spring–Summer Activity of Roe Deer in Warsaw. Forests 2021, 12, 970. https://doi.org/10.3390/f12080970

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Jasińska KD, Jackowiak M, Gryz J, Bijak S, Szyc K, Krauze-Gryz D. Habitat-Related Differences in Winter Presence and Spring–Summer Activity of Roe Deer in Warsaw. Forests. 2021; 12(8):970. https://doi.org/10.3390/f12080970

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Jasińska, Karolina D., Mateusz Jackowiak, Jakub Gryz, Szymon Bijak, Katarzyna Szyc, and Dagny Krauze-Gryz. 2021. "Habitat-Related Differences in Winter Presence and Spring–Summer Activity of Roe Deer in Warsaw" Forests 12, no. 8: 970. https://doi.org/10.3390/f12080970

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Jasińska, K. D., Jackowiak, M., Gryz, J., Bijak, S., Szyc, K., & Krauze-Gryz, D. (2021). Habitat-Related Differences in Winter Presence and Spring–Summer Activity of Roe Deer in Warsaw. Forests, 12(8), 970. https://doi.org/10.3390/f12080970

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