ANALYSIS OF MONITORING DATA OF FREE-RANGING BISON POPULATION WITH THE USE OF NAVIGATION DEVICES, REMOTE SENSING DATA AND GIS SYSTEMS ON THE TERRITORY OF THE OREL – KALUGA – BRYANSK REGION FOR THE PERIOD 2012-2018

Karpachev Andrey Petrovich

Background. The novelty of the work lies in the use of a set of remote methods for monitoring the free-living population of bison, the formation and analysis of the monitoring database, as well as the development of new advanced design solutions for further work on the study of migration characteristics of this species in the national Park "Orel Polesie" and adjacent territories of Kaluga and Bryansk regions. Assessment of migration potential of bison herds in the Orel – Kaluga – Bryansk region on the basis of materials obtained from navigation devices for 2012 -2018, remote sensing data (space images) using specialized GIS software systems. Methods and materials. To achieve this goal, the data obtained from the location registration devices of tagged animals of different technical classes for the period 2012 – 2018 were analyzed. On the basis of forest management materials of 2016 and libraries of space images Landsat – 8 and Sentinel - 2a, the analysis and mapping of density of labeled herds was carried out. Results. 1.Received General information about the movement of the fallopian stud and daily biological activity in the Central and southern groups of bison in the period 2012 to 2018. 2.Established seasonal dynamics of activity of bison and the locations with a high concentration of finding bison on the territory (crossing the tracks) for 2012-2018 is Built and calculated density maps. Conclusions. The work in the field of equipping bison groups with navigational identification devices, the study of migration and biorhythmic aspects of life of this species (Bison bonasus L.) with the use of additional methods of obtaining remote sensing data, made it possible to analyze the General information about the movement of uterine herds and the daily biological activity of the Central and southern group of bison for 2012 -2018, and also gave an optimal set of data for further study of the distribution of bison in the territory of the Orel, Kaluga and Bryansk regions. Application of computer-graphic method of mapping densities given the opportunity to perform the seasonal dynamics of the activity of bison and certain places with a high concentration of finding bison on the territory of the region during 2012-2018.

Keywords:European bison, habitat, bison groups, remote sensing data, migration, biological activity, density map