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http://dx.doi.org/10.13047/KJEE.2016.30.5.865

Analysis of Asiatic Black Bear's foods by using Scats in the Jirisan National Park  

Jung, Dae-Ho (Species Restoration Technology Institute, Korea National Park Service)
Seomun, Hong (Korea National Park Service)
Song, Dong-Ju (Species Restoration Technology Institute, Korea National Park Service)
Choi, Eun-Hye (Species Restoration Technology Institute, Korea National Park Service)
Lee, Sa-Hyun (Species Restoration Technology Institute, Korea National Park Service)
Lee, Yong-Hak (Species Restoration Technology Institute, Korea National Park Service)
Cho, Chea-Un (Species Restoration Technology Institute, Korea National Park Service)
Song, Byeong-Cheol (Species Restoration Technology Institute, Korea National Park Service)
Yang, Doo-Ha (National Institute of Biological Resources)
Publication Information
Korean Journal of Environment and Ecology / v.30, no.5, 2016 , pp. 865-873 More about this Journal
Abstract
Since 2004, Asiatic Black Bear of the Jirisan National Park is subjected to the restoration project through the re-introduction by the Maritime Province of Siberia in Russia, North Korea, Northeastern part of China and Seoul Grand Park. The purpose of this study is to analyze diets with scat to identify Asiatic Black Bear's feeding habit and eating resources environment in the Jirisan National Park. 78 scats of Asiatic Black Bears were observed during the field studies of radio telemetry-marked bears and by chance in the Jrisan National Park, from 2005 to 2013. The relative frequency of occurrence demonstrated that the plants comprised the highest with 77%, followed by insects with 12.8%, mammals with 5.6%, birds with 0.5%, arthropoda with 0.5%, and others with 3.6%. Also, 52 scats among the collected scats that were measured for the ratio of food were subjected to dry weight, and plants were the highest with 91.2%, followed by mammals with 3.6%, insects with 1.0% and others with 4.2% in the order mentioned. Asiatic Black Bear's feed research demonstrated that the Asiatic Black Bear at Jirisan is omnivorous and that the vegetable food is the main feed instead of animal feed.
Keywords
RELATIVE FREQUENCY OF OCCURRENCE; RATIO OF FOOD; OMNIVOROUS;
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