{"id":51424,"date":"2026-04-03T11:37:51","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T08:37:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/milvus.ro\/study-on-brown-bear-habitat-suitability\/"},"modified":"2026-04-14T11:27:28","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T08:27:28","slug":"study-on-brown-bear-habitat-suitability","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/milvus.ro\/en\/study-on-brown-bear-habitat-suitability\/","title":{"rendered":"Study on brown bear habitat suitability"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In January 2026, a European-level study on brown bear habitat suitability was published in the journal <strong><em>Diversity and Distributions<\/em><\/strong>. Milvus Group has also contributed to the study with telemetry and genetic data.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p>The study found that Europe still contains vast areas of suitable habitat for brown bears\u2014about 4 million km\u00b2, far more than currently occupied\u2014but connectivity between these areas is highly uneven. While southern and central European populations could be linked through several viable corridors, northern and southern populations remain largely isolated due to intensive agriculture and human development. &#13;\n<\/p><div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/milvus.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/fekete-medve-scaled.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/milvus.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/fekete-medve-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-51411\" srcset=\"https:\/\/milvus.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/fekete-medve-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/milvus.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/fekete-medve-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/milvus.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/fekete-medve-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/milvus.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/fekete-medve-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/milvus.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/fekete-medve-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/milvus.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/fekete-medve-600x900.jpg 600w, https:\/\/milvus.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/fekete-medve-scaled.jpg 1707w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Photo: M\u00e1ty\u00e1s Fej\u00e9r-Kir\u00e1ly<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><p>Future bear recovery depends on transboundary conservation and improved landscape connectivity, especially in regions where suitable habitat exists but is fragmented.<\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can find the study <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/full\/10.1111\/ddi.70130\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">here<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In January 2026, a European-level study on brown bear habitat suitability was published in the journal Diversity and Distributions. Milvus Group has also contributed to the study with telemetry and genetic data.\u00a0The study found that Europe still contains vast areas of suitable habitat for brown bears\u2014about 4 million km\u00b2, far more than currently occupied\u2014but connectivity 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