Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
ZOOLOGY IN THE MIDDLE EAST, cilt.52, ss.11-16, 2011 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
Field observations, interviews with local people and Forestry Department workers and camera trapping were used to determine the status of wolves in the Beydaglari Mountains and surroundings. Following interview data, camera traps were placed at 17 stations between 1100 and 1900 m as.!, in Ciglikara Nature Protected Area (NPA) and were maintained for 1031 camera days, from 29 May to 25 September 2009. Wolf pictures were taken during the time period of 20:00 and 06:00 hours and at the altitude of 1600-1800 in a.s.l The population density of wolves was 0.9 individual per 100 km(2) in the trapping polygon, with a buffer area of 445.5 km(2) calculated using Geographic Information System (GIS). Ciglikara NPA regularly hosts a wolf population in the Beydaglari region due to anthropogenic barriers, topological barriers (high mountain ranges) and habitat preferences. The other areas of the Beydaglari region have human structures such as villages, roads, farmland, high plateau houses, etc, that negatively affect the wolf distribution pattern.