Once an area densely populated by humans, the Chernobyl region was immediately evacuated after the nuclear accident and was declared an exclusion zone. This caused major land-use changes. Vast areas of former farmland were abandoned (Hostert et al. 2011), vegetation spread across former urban areas (Gusev 2004), and populations of many wildlife species have increased in response. For example, rare birds like the common crane and eagle owl increased in numbers. In contrast,
species bound to farming landscapes, like the White Stork, stopped breeding (Gashchak 2002).
Once an area densely populated by humans, the Chernobyl region was immediately evacuated after the nuclear accident and was declared an exclusion zone. This caused major land-use changes. Vast areas of former farmland were abandoned (Hostert et al. 2011), vegetation spread across former urban areas (Gusev 2004), and populations of many wildlife species have increased in response. For example, rare birds like the common crane and eagle owl increased in numbers. In contrast,species bound to farming landscapes, like the White Stork, stopped breeding (Gashchak 2002).
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