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Andean bear home ranges in the Intag region, Ecuador

Ursus, 2011
Abstract I estimated home ranges of 5 female and 4 male Andean bears (Tremarctos ornatus) inhabiting the Intag region in Ecuador between September 2001 and December 2006, using 1,439 and 412 telemetry locations for females and males, respectively. Multi-annual and seasonal home ranges were estimated using 2 methods: minimum convex polygon (MCP) and ...
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Mysterious Ucumari: The Andean Bear in Nature and Culture

2016
The only ursid native to South America, the spectacled bear (Tremarctos ornatus) still occurs in parts of the Urubamba Valley and its tributaries where human impact has been low. Small size (90–150 kg), distinctive facial markings, and a strong tree-climbing habit set this species, called ucumari in Quechua, apart from bears elsewhere in the world ...
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Shared spaces: The influence of cattle on Andean bear occurrence

Livestock expansion frequently intensifies interactions between domestic animals and large carnivores, often resulting in conflict. The Andean bear (Tremarctos ornatus) is frequently associated with cattle conflict despite its predominantly herbivorous diet.
Carmen Julia Quiroga-Pacheco, Ximena Velez-Liendo, Andreas Zedrosser   +2 more
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Andean bear density and abundance estimates — How reliable and useful are they?

Ursus, 2011
Abstract Few attempts have been made to estimate numbers and densities of Andean bears (Tremarctos ornatus). It is understandable that the many challenges involved in these efforts have made it difficult to produce rigorous estimates. A crude estimate of ∼20,000 Andean bears was derived by extrapolating the lowest observed density of American black ...
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Andean bear gastrointestinal parasites in Chingaza Massif, Colombia

Ursus, 2023
Laura R. Quintero, Adriana Pulido-Villamarín, Ángela Parra-Romero, Rubiela Castañeda-Salazar, Jairo Pérez-Torres, I. Mauricio Vela-Vargas   +5 more
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Medicine of Captive Andean Bears

2019
Leonardo Arias-Bernal, Enrique Yarto-Jaramillo   +1 more
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Andean Bear (Tremarctos ornatus)

2020
Ximena Velez-Liendo, David Jackson, Manuel Ruiz-García, Armando Castellanos, Santiago Espinosa, Andrés Laguna   +5 more
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Record of canine distemper virus in an Andean Bear, Colombia

2023
Medina, María F., Deissy F. Beltran, Castellanos, Armando   +2 more
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Genetics of the Andean bear (Tremarctos ornatus; Ursidae, Carnivora) in Ecuador: when the Andean Cordilleras are not an Obstacle

Mitochondrial DNA Part A: DNA Mapping, Sequencing, and Analysis, 2020
Manuel Ruiz-Garcia, Joseph Shostell, Armando Castellanos   +2 more
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Andean bears below the Andes

Ursus
Flynn B. Vickowski, Russell C. Van Horn
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