The Bear and Lynx in Ukraine

Novitates Theriologicae • Pars 18 • 2025

Bulletin of the Ukrainian Theriological Society, NAS of Ukraine


 

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The Bear and Lynx in Ukraine: collection of articles. Edited by I. Zagorodniuk. Ukrainian Theriological Society & National Museum of Natural History, NAS of Ukraine, Kyiv, 2025. 284 pp. (Series: Novitates Theriologicae; Pars 17).

Ведмідь і рись в Україні: збірник наукових праць. За редак­цією І. Загороднюка. Українське теріологічне товариство, Націо­нальний науково-природничий музей НАН України, Київ, 2025. 284 с. (Серія: Novitates Theriologicae; Pars 17).

ISSN 2709-4928 (online)
ISSN 2709-491X (print)
license: CC BY-SA
doi: https://doi.org/10.53452/nt18

 


 

Summary • Анотація

english versionIssue 18 of the bulletin is devoted to the current state of monitoring and conservation of large carnivorans in Ukraine, primarily within the network of nature reserves. It provides reviews of historical data on the study of these predators and new materials, including analyses of species distributions, estimates of abundances in particular areas, and related conservation. The materials are grouped into four sections: 1) ge­neral information (3 articles); 2) materials on bears (13); 3) materials on lynxes (15); 4) research methods (4); and 5) chronicle and information (7).

english versionВипуск 18 Бюлетеню присвячено поточному стану моніторингу й охорони великих хижих в Україні, передусім в системі природних заповідних територій. Наведено огляди історичних даних щодо дослідження цих хижих та нові матеріали, включно з аналізом поширення видів, оцінками їхньої чисельності на окремих територіях і питаннями їхньої охорони. Матеріали згруповано у чотири розділи: 1) загальна інформація (3 праці); 2) матеріали щодо ведмедя (13); 3) матеріали щодо рисі (15), 4) методики досліджень (4); 5) хроніка й інформація (7).


 

Chapter 1. General issues

 

 

     

Contents (Ukrainian)

1–4

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Domashlinets, V. Conservation of large carnivorans: international initiatives and Ukraine

4–11

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Zagorodniuk, I. Large carnivorans in Ukraine—from scattered studies to a monitoring system: specifics and key milestones

12–22

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Dykyy, I., R. Cherepanyn. Results of implementation of national action plans for conservation of the Eurasian lynx and the brown bear in Ukraine

23–25

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Chapter 2. Monitoring of bear populations

 

 

     

Halushchenko, N., R. Samigulin, Z. Riznychenko, H. Marchuk. The brown bear (Ursus arctos) in the Vyzhnytsia National Park

26–30

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Volokh, A., Y. Tkachuk. The brown bear (Ursus arсtos) in Bukovina

31–36

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Dovhanych, Y., V. Dovhanych. Monitoring of the brown bear (Ursus arctos) in the Carpathian Biosphere Reserve

37–45

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Zhyla, S. On the need of brown bear (Ursus arctos) release into the wild in the Ukrainian Polissia: reasoning and methodology

46–52

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Kazybrid, I., O. Maryskevych. Monitoring of the brown bear in the Boikivshchyna National Park (Ukrainian Carpathians)

53–59

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Koval, N., V. Sheveria. The brown bear (Ursus arctos) in the Uzhanskyi National Park: monitoring and conservation

60–68

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Kuznietsov, R., Y. Petrashchuk. Research and conservation measures of the brown bear (Ursus arctos) in the Gorgany Nature Reserve

69–73

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Merzlikin, I. A dead brown bear (Ursus arctos) near Horodets (Western Polissia): analysis of a unique record and the issue of roadkill

74–83

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Franchuk, M., M. Khymyn. The appearance of the brown bear (Ursus arctos) in Western Polissia: an analysis of known records

84–88

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Fufalko, I. Results of brown bear (Ursus arctos) monitoring in the Synohora National Park

89–94

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Khoyetskyy, P. Historical data on the bear’s distribution in the Ukrainian Carpathians

95–104

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Cherepanyn, R., Y. Zelenchuk, Y. Andreichuk. Conflicts and coexistence with the brown bear (Ursus arctos) in the Ukrainian Carpathians

105–113

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Yuzyk, D. The brown bear (Ursus arctos) in the Cheremosh National Park

114–118

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Chapter 3. Monitoring of lynx populations

 

 

     

Dovhanych, Y., V. Dovhanych. Monitoring of the Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx) in the Carpathian Biosphere Reserve

119–127

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Halushchenko, N., R. Samihulin, Z. Riznychenko, H. Marchuk. The state of the Eurasian lynx population (Lynx lynx) in the Vyzhnytsia National Park

128–132

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Zhyla, S. The lynx (Lynx lynx) in the Polissia: ecology, monitoring, and prospects of range expansion

133–142

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Zagorodniuk, I., O. Nikolaichuk. The southern distribution limit of the lynx (Lynx lynx) in the Middle Dnipro region: factors of advance and restriction

143–150

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Zubkovych, I. Results of Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx) research in the region of the Nobel National Park

151–155

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Kazybrid, I., O. Maryskevych. Monitoring of the Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx) in the Boikivshchyna National Park (Ukrainian Carpathians)

156–160

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Koval, N., V. Sheveria, I. Dykyy, R. Cherepanyn. The Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx) in the Uzhanskyi National Park: monitoring and conservation

161–166

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Kulakevych, L., O. Shchevych. The Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx) in the Pushcha Radzivila National Park

167–170

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Martsiv, M. The diet of the Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx) within its geographic range

171–178

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Merlenko, N., B. Hromyk, T. Blyzniuk. Research on the Eurasian lynx in the Tsumanska Pushcha National Park

179–182

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Petrashchuk, Y., R. Kuznietsov. Research and conservation measures of the Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx) in the Gorgany Nature Reserve

183–187

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Franchuk, M., R. Cherepanyn, M. Martsiv. Results of monitoring of the Eurasian lynx population (Lynx lynx) in the Rivne Nature Reserve

188–195

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Khymyn, M. The Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx) in Volyn Oblast, Ukraine

196–201

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Khoyetskyy, P. Distribution of the lynx in the Ukrainian Eastern Carpathians

202–207

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Yuzyk, D. The Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx) in the Cheremosh National Park

208–213

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Chapter 4. Research methods

 

 

     

Gashchak, S. Estimation of body size of wild animals using camera trap footage

214–220

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Datsko, B. Spatial monitoring and reporting: application of SMART in protected areas of Ukraine

221–228

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Zagorodniuk, I. Large and small bears: are these features of the past and present?

229–244

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Franchuk, M., R. Cherepanyn, I. Dykyy. Comprehensive synchronous survey of the lynx in Rivne and Volyn oblasts, Ukraine

245–249

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Chapter 5. Chronicle and information

 

 

     

Gashchak, S. A brief review of studies of the Eurasian lynx and the brown bear in the Chornobyl Exclusion Zone

250–256

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Zagorodniuk, I. Nelia Koval, a researcher of mountain faunas of Transcarpathia

257–260

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Zagorodniuk, I. Oleg Spivakov, a museologist, artist, and unrivalled taxidermist (on the occasion of his 60th birthday)

261–264

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Zagorodniuk, I. Pavlo Khoyetskyy, a game expert and researcher of game mammal ecology (on the occasion of his 60th birthday)

265–268

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Kartashova, Y., N. Lebedieva, I. Zagorodniuk. Volodymyr Vovchenko (1950–2025): a game expert, scientist, and mentor

269–272

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Resolution of the lynx monitoring seminar in the context of the Conservation Action Plan for the species in Ukraine

273–275

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Resolution of the brown bear monitoring seminar in the context of the Conservation Action Plan for the species in Ukraine

276–279

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Contents [English]

280–282

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Acknowledgements

283

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Information on this edition

284

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