Monitoring of Tatra marmots and Tatra chamois in the Mount Chopok South - North 2023
Abstract
This survey included monitoring and detection of GPS coordinates of Tatra marmot burrows (Marmota marmota latirostris Kratochvíl, 1961) in the area of Chopok South (Low Tatra Mountains, Slovakia) near the ski resort, extending to neighbouring sites in the area between April 15, 2022, and November 15, 2022. This alpine habitat is characterized by dynamic changes related to the migration of Tatra marmots. The survey started in the alpine zone from the eastern saddle Sedielko pod Chopkom and continued west toward the non-functional ski lift Tatrapoma at Zadné Dereše. For the complexity of the monitoring of the ridge part of the alpine zone of the marmot habitat in the vicinity of the Mount Chopok, the northern colony of the trough Retranslačný žľab in the first Dereše basin (prvý Derešský kotol) and the end of the valley Lukovská dolina – the trough Školský žľab were also included in the survey. Wider monitoring was also carried out on the Tatra chamois (Rupicapra rupicapra tatrica, Blahout 1972), from the saddle Demänovské (Široké) sedlo, 1,756 m a. s. l. in the east, to the saddle Sedlo Poľany, 1,837 m a. s. l. in the west. The established monitoring system of Tatra National Park (TANAP) was used, including observation and documentation of Tatra chamois occurrence, their migration, and negative impacts.
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