• Monitoring of the Pasvik-Inari-Pechenga brown bear population in 2007 and 2011 using hair-trapping 

      Kopatz, Alexander; Eiken, Hans Geir; Aspholm, Paul Eric; Tobiassen, Camilla; Bakke, Beate Banken; Schregel, Julia; Ollila, Tuomo; Makarova, Olga; Polikarpova, Natalia; Chizhov, Vladimir; Hagen, Snorre (Bioforsk rapport;6(148) 2011, Research report, 2011-12-22)
      The trans-border brown bear population of Pasvik-Inari-Pechenga (Norway-Finland-Russia) has been monitored using genetic analyses of feces collection since 2005. In addition in 2007, hair traps were systematically placed ...
    • Testing hair sampling on power poles as a potential method for DNA identification and monitoring brown bears 

      Kopatz, Alexander; Aspholm, Paul Eric; Rudolph, Anja; Eiken, Hans Geir; Schregel, Julia; Aarnes, Siv; Tobiassen, Camilla; Hagen, Snorre (Bioforsk rapport;9(168) 2014, Research report, 2014-12-05)
      Genetic methods based on sampling of feces and hairs to study brown bears have become the method of choice for many wildlife researchers and managers. Feces and hairs are the most common sample material for DNA identification ...