European bison (Bison bonasus) in the Chornobyl Exclusion Zone (Ukraine) and prospects for its revival

In 2012–2016 a European bison adult bull was observed (by camera traps) in the Chornobyl Exclusion Zone (CEZ, Ukraine), west of Tovstyi Lis village. This is the first record of wild bison in Kyiv Polissya for over 300 years. The animal must have come from the Paliessie State Radioecological Reserve...

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Main Authors: Sergii Gashchak, Yevgenii Gulyaichenko, Nicholas A. Beresford, Michael D. Wood
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. National Museum of Natural History 2017-12-01
Series:Праці Теріологічної школи
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Online Access:http://www.terioshkola.org.ua/library/pts15-2017/pts15-21-gaschak-bison.pdf