Long-term census data reveal abundant wildlife populations at Chernobyl

Affiliations

• ¹ Polessye State Radioecological Reserve, 7 Tereshkovoi Str., Choiniki, 247618 Gomel Region, Belarus.
• ² Applied Science Center for Bioresources of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, 27 Academicheskaya Str., 220072 Minsk, Belarus.
• ³ Institute of Environmental Radioactivity, Fukushima University, 1 Kanayagawa, Fukushima, 960-1296, Japan. (Previously: Institute of Radioprotection and Nuclear Safety, Cadarache, France).
• ⁴ University of Georgia Savannah River Ecology Laboratory, Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, PO Drawer E, Aiken, SC 29802, USA.
• ⁵ School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Portsmouth, Burnaby Building, Burnaby Road, Portsmouth PO1 3QL, UK.
• ⁶ School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Portsmouth, Burnaby Building, Burnaby Road, Portsmouth PO1 3QL, UK. Electronic address: jim.smith@port.ac.uk.