scholarly journals Age Ain't Nothing But a Number: factors other than age shape brown bear movement patterns

2022 ◽  
Vol 183 ◽  
pp. 61-67
Author(s):  
Vincenzo Penteriani ◽  
Cindy Lamamy ◽  
Ilpo Kojola ◽  
Samuli Heikkinen ◽  
Cédric Vermeulen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Brown Bear ◽  
Movement Patterns

scholarly journals Sex-specific connectivity modelling for brown bear conservation in the Carpathian Mountains

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Pino García-Sánchez ◽  
Sergio González-Ávila ◽  
Joaquín Solana-Gutiérrez ◽  
Marius Popa ◽  
Ramon Jurj ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Urban Areas ◽  
Landscape Connectivity ◽  
Species Conservation ◽  
Spatial Models ◽  
Brown Bear ◽  
Movement Patterns ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Study Region ◽  
Specific Distribution ◽  
Interdisciplinary Approaches

Abstract Context Romania is currently one of the best-connected landscapes, with high-quality habitats and a high density of brown bears. However, regional development measures are needed for the nation’s economic growth, and without responsible government actions, these measures pose a threat to brown bear connectivity, a vital pillar of the entire Carpathian region. Despite having important implications for the species conservation, bears sex-specific behaviour has been overlooked in connectivity assessments. Objectives The study’s main goals were to (i) develop sex-specific distribution and connectivity models, (ii) assess the movement patterns differences between females and males, and (iii) identify high-quality areas to be secured for species connectivity conservation. Methods We designed a methodological framework based on interdisciplinary approaches and modelling tools for landscape connectivity combined with novel spatial analysis. Telemetry data of sixteen bears (females and males) were utilized to predict habitat selection (MaxEnt), and circuit-theoretic approaches (Circuitscape) were applied to identify the potential movement corridors of both sexes and high-priority areas. Results The obtained results provided new evidence on the uneven movement patterns and pathways used by males and females in the study region. Males’ movement preferences were related to river shores and dense forest coverage areas, avoiding urban areas, while females were predicted to move across forested and open areas and were more tolerant to human‐modified areas. Three high-quality areas were delineated for both sexes, and connectivity conservation efforts are needed due to the vicinity of anthropic pressures. Conclusions This study depicts the usefulness of combining interdisciplinary approaches and provides planners, managers, and decision-makers with practical solutions to address sustainable design and management within the intervened landscapes. Using separate female and male spatial models for leading management and conservation measures, setting connectivity targets within environmental and impact assessments while adopting conservation easements could secure a safety network for biodiversity conservation in the Carpathians.

The Movement Patterns of The School Da’wa: Restraining Radicalization Among Adolescent

2016 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 328-336
Author(s):  
Abdul Basit
Keyword(s):  
Religious Education ◽  
Movement Patterns ◽  
Phenomenological Approach ◽  
Religious Organizations ◽  
Religious Leaders ◽  
Religious Activities ◽  
School Students ◽  
Group Discussions ◽  
Religious Ideology ◽  
Psychological Conditions

Based on the results of research that conducted by previous researchers suggest that the schools are the institutions most vulnerable to enter the radical religious ideology. Many factors could be cause this to happen. The lack regulation of the process of Islamic religious education in the schools, psychological conditions adolescentare unstable and looking for identity, the lack of religious comprehension in the students, and the religious organizations that entered to school institutions with a various of ideologies very easy, are part of the factors that cause vulnerability school institute from radical religious comprehension. In the respect to these conditions are required the model of the da’wa movement that can be accepted by adolescent and it be an alternative in the development of da’wa in the schools.To get the data, the authors conducted a qualitative study in the area of ​​Purwokerto using the phenomenological approach. The researchers conducted interviews and focus group discussions with the school leaders, teachers, students, activists of religious organizations, and religious leaders who understand the problems in this study. The main data is processed by combining the results of the observation and study of literature through a phenomenological approach that emphasizes the meaning behind the phrases or statements from informan.To produce the movement patterns of school da’wathat can be acceptable to all the communities in the schools, the school needs to make the movement patterns of integratif school da’wa,both intra-curricular, co-curricular and extra-curricularactivities. The religious activities and cultivation of religious values ​​are part of the process of da’wa that do not separated in the schools. In the practice of this the movement patterns, the school should pay attention to the characteristics of the school, students' backgrounds, as well as involvedstakeholders and the da’wa organizations.

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