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Evaluate functional connectivity and factors influencing brown bear distribution, movements, and effective dispersal in the current landscapes and future landscape scenarios.
Objective 2
Understand the role brown bears have in ecosystems, with focus on trophic interactions and associated ecosystem services.
Objective 3
Assess the effectiveness of the existing system of ecological networks for supporting the resilience of brown bear populations and associated ecosystem services.
Objective 4
Provide spatially explicit guidelines for the improvement of ecological networks to be used in landscape connectivity planning for the conservation of brown bears and other species in Europe.