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  • 2013 - Polish Academy of Science

Overview

Henryk Okarma is affiliated with the Polish Academy of Sciences in Poland. Their research primarily focuses on Environmental Science with a significant emphasis on Ecology. The subfields of study encompassing their work include Ecology, Ecological Modeling, Small Animals, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, and Social Psychology.

The main topics addressed in Henryk Okarma's research cover Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Ecology and Biodiversity Studies, Species Distribution and Climate Change, Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies, Wildlife-Road Interactions and Conservation, Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies, and Amphibian and Reptile Biology.

The scientist has published in several venues, with frequent contributions in:

  • Mammalian Biology
  • Wildlife Biology
  • Research Square (Research Square)
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Biological Conservation

Henryk Okarma's recent papers include:

  • "Public perceptions and attitudes toward urban wildlife encounters - A decade of change," 2022, The Science of The Total Environment
  • "Human disturbance is the most limiting factor driving habitat selection of a large carnivore throughout Continental Europe," 2022, Biological Conservation
  • "Northernmost record of reproduction of the expanding golden jackal population," 2020, Mammalian Biology
  • "Opportunity and peril: how wolves use a dense network of forest roads," 2020, Mammalian Biology
  • "Prerequisites for coexistence: human pressure and refuge habitat availability shape continental-scale habitat use patterns of a large carnivore," 2023, Landscape Ecology

Among frequent co-authors associated with Henryk Okarma are:

  • Rafał Kowalczyk
  • Krzysztof Schmidt
  • Elisa Belotti
  • Christine Breitenmoser-Würsten
  • Luděk Bufka

In 2013, Henryk Okarma was recognized by the Polish Academy of Science, an award reflecting their professional standing within the scientific community.

Best Publications

  • Spatiotemporal behavioral plasticity of wild boar (Sus scrofa) under contrasting conditions of human pressure: primeval forest and metropolitan area

    Tomasz Podgórski;Grzegorz Baś;Bogumiła Jędrzejewska;Leif Sönnichsen;Leif Sönnichsen

  • The fear of wolves: A review of wolf attacks on humans

    John Linnell;Reidar Andersen;Zanete Andersone;Linas Balciauskas

  • The trophic ecology of wolves and their predatory role in ungulate communities of forest ecosystems in Europe

    Henryk Okarma

  • Wolf predation and snow cover as mortality factors in the ungulate community of the Bialowieża National Park, Poland.

    Wlodzimierz Jędrzejewski;Bogumila Jędrzejewska;Henryk Okarma;Andrzej L. Ruprecht

  • PREY SELECTION AND PREDATION BY WOLVES IN BIAŁOWIEŻA PRIMEVAL FOREST, POLAND

    WŁodzimierz Jȩdrzejewski;BogumiŁa Jȩdrzejewska;Henryk Okarma;Krzysztof Schmidt

  • Predation of Eurasian lynx on roe deer and red deer in Białowieża Primeval Forest, Poland

    Henryk Okarma;Włodzimierz Jędrzejewski;Krzysztof Schmidt;Rafał Kowalczyk

  • Daily Patterns and Duration of Wolf Activity in the Białowieza Forest, Poland

    Jörn Theuerkauf;Włodzimierz Jędrzejewski;Krzysztof Schmidt;Henryk Okarma

  • Foraging by lynx and its role in ungulate mortality: the local (Białowieża Forest) and the Palaearctic viewpoints

    Włodzimierz Jędrzejewski;Krzysztof Schmidt;Lech Miłkowski;Bogumiła Jędrzejewska

  • Daily movements and territory use by radio-collared wolves (Canis lupus) in Bialowieza Primeval Forest in Poland

    Wlodzimierz Jedrzejewski;Krzysztof Schmidt;Jörn Theuerkauf;Bogumila Jedrzejewska

  • Spatial organization and social relations in the Eurasian lynx population in Bialowieza Primeval Forest, Poland

    Krzysztof Schmidt;Włodzimierz Jędrzejewski;Henryk Okarma

  • Roadless and Low-Traffic Areas as Conservation Targets in Europe

    Nuria Selva;Stefan Kreft;Vassiliki Kati;Martin Schluck

  • Home Range and Habitat Use of Adult Female Moose

    Goran N. Cederlund;Henryk Okarma

  • Population dynamics (1869–1994), demography, and home ranges of the lynx in Bialowieza Primeval Forest (Poland and Belarus)

    Wlodzimierz Jedrzejewski;Bogumila Jedrzejewska;Henryk Okarma;Krzysztof Schmidt

  • The roles of predation, snow cover, acorn crop, and man-related factors on ungulate mortality in Białowieża Primeval Forest, Poland

    Henryk Okarma;Bogumiła Jędrzejewska;Włodzimierz Jędrzejewski;Zbigniew A. Krasiński

  • Ecology of the raccoon ( Procyon lotor) from western Poland

    Magdalena Bartoszewicz;Henryk Okarma;Andrzej Zalewski;Justyna Szczęsna

  • Effects of exploitation and protection on forest structure, ungulate density and wolf predation in Bialowieza Primeval Forest, Poland

    B. Jedrzejewska;H. J. Okarma;W. Jedrzejewski;L. Milkowski

  • Home Ranges of Wolves in Białowieża Primeval Forest, Poland, Compared with Other Eurasian Populations

    Henryk Okarma;Włodzimierz Jędrzejewski;Krzysztof Schmidt;Stanisław Śnieżko

  • Population dynamics of Wolves Canis lupus in Bialowieża Primeval Forest (Poland and Belarus) in relation to hunting by humans, 1847–1993

    B. Jęodrzejewska;W. Jęodrzejewski;A. N. Bunevich;L. Minkowski

  • Predation of wildlife by free-ranging domestic dogs in Polish hunting grounds and potential competition with the grey wolf.

    Izabela A. Wierzbowska;Magdalena Hędrzak;Barłomiej Popczyk;Henryk Okarma

  • Genetic diversity and relatedness within packs in an intensely hunted population of wolves Canis lupus

    Włodzimierz Jędrzejewski;Wojciech Branicki;Claudia Veit;Ivica MeĐugorac

Frequent Co-Authors

Włodzimierz Jędrzejewski
Włodzimierz Jędrzejewski Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas
Krzysztof Schmidt
Krzysztof Schmidt Polish Academy of Sciences
Bogumiła Jędrzejewska
Bogumiła Jędrzejewska Mammal Research Institute
Rafał Kowalczyk
Rafał Kowalczyk Polish Academy of Sciences
Andrzej Zalewski
Andrzej Zalewski Polish Academy of Sciences
Jacek Radwan
Jacek Radwan Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań
Marco Musiani
Marco Musiani University of Bologna
John D. C. Linnell
John D. C. Linnell Norwegian Institute for Nature Research
Cino Pertoldi
Cino Pertoldi Aalborg University
Michael Hofreiter
Michael Hofreiter University of Potsdam

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