Articles | Volume 65, issue 3
https://doi.org/10.5194/aab-65-239-2022
https://doi.org/10.5194/aab-65-239-2022
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12 Jul 2022
Original study |  | 12 Jul 2022

An analysis of the annual mobility of Polish Konik horses depending on habitat, season, and time of the day

Ryszard Pikuła, Daniel Zaborski, Wilhelm Grzesiak, and Mirosław Smugała

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Special nature reserves are created in Europe to replicate its prehistoric past, i.e. to rewild the area, by populating it with the kinds of animals (e.g. tarpans) that lived there many thousands of years ago. The Polish Konik is the only primitive horse breed originating directly from wild tarpans. Researchers have aimed at understanding the biology of Polish Konik horses for years. Our study showed that different factors such as season, habitat, and time of the day affect their mobility.