Monitoring the effects of the'Egnatia' highway(Section Siatista - Kastoria - Krystallopygi)on brown bears in northern Greece

摘要

Vehicle collisions have become an important mortality factor for brown bears in Greece, where the species is considered to be endangered. Since 1998 when the environmental, non-governmental organization ARCTUROS recorded the first fatal vehicle collision, more than 50 such incidents that have cost the lives to more than 30 bears have been recorded mainly in northern Greece.