Factors affecting the occupancy of sloth bear and its detection probability in Parsa–Koshi Complex, Nepal [PDF]
Ecology and Evolution, 2023 Understanding factors associated with coexistence of human and wildlife in human‐dominated landscapes is crucial for effective species conservation.
Hari Prasad Sharma +2 more
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Sloth bear attacks: regional differences and safety messaging [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2022 Sloth bears behave aggressively toward humans when threatened and are among the most dangerous wildlife in India. Safety messaging for those who live in sloth bear country must be accurate to be effective, and messaging may need to be modified to account
Thomas R. Sharp +3 more
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A most aggressive bear: Safari videos document sloth bear defense against tiger predation [PDF]
Ecology and EvolutionSloth bears are non‐carnivorous yet they attack more people than any other bear. They often stand up and charge explosively if a person mistakenly gets too close. Here, we argue that their aggression toward humans is an extension of their behavior toward
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Molecular Characterization of Rotavirus C from Rescued Sloth Bears, India: Evidence of Zooanthroponotic Transmission [PDF]
Pathogens, 2023 The present study reports the detection and molecular characterisation of rotavirus C (RVC) in sloth bears (Melursus ursinus) rescued from urban areas in India.
Yashpal Singh Malik +6 more
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Genetic Variation, Structure, and Gene Flow in a Sloth Bear (Melursus ursinus) Meta-Population in the Satpura-Maikal Landscape of Central India. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2015 Sloth bears (Melursus ursinus) are endemic to the Indian subcontinent. As a result of continued habitat loss and degradation over the past century, sloth bear populations have been in steady decline and now exist only in isolated or fragmented habitat ...
Trishna Dutta +4 more
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Characteristics of human - sloth bear (Melursus ursinus) encounters and the resulting human casualties in the Kanha-Pench corridor, Madhya Pradesh, India. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2017 Sloth bears (Melursus ursinus) caused the highest number of human deaths between 2001 and 2015 and ranked second compared to other wild animals in causing human casualties in the Kanha-Pench corridor area. We studied the patterns of sloth bear attacks in
Aniruddha H Dhamorikar +3 more
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N-mixture model-based estimate of relative abundance of sloth bear (Melursus ursinus) in response to biotic and abiotic factors in a human-dominated landscape of central India [PDF]
PeerJ, 2022 Reliable estimation of abundance is a prerequisite for a species’ conservation planning in human-dominated landscapes, especially if the species is elusive and involved in conflicts. As a means of population estimation, the importance of camera traps has
Sankarshan Chaudhuri +4 more
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Escaping Neobiota: Habitat use and avoidance by sloth bears in Jessore Sloth bear Sanctuary India
Trees, Forests and People, 2023 Global terrestrial ecosystem is threatened by several factors, such as infestation of invasive plants, which influence the habitat use by wildlife. Prosopis juliflora is such a plant species, sprawled over arid and semiarid ecosystems in India.
Jignesh Rot +3 more
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A multipronged approach for the detection of leptospirosis in captive sloth bears (Melursus ursinus) in Agra and Bannerghatta sloth bear rescue centers in India. [PDF]
J Vet Med Sci, 2021 Leptospirosis is an exacerbating factor responsible for the drastic decline of sloth bear population in India. In this study, a multipronged approach based on antigen detection using Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) employing G1/G2 and LigBF/LigBR primers, antibody detection using Microscopic Agglutination Test (MAT) and recombinant LigBCon1-5 antigen ...
Mathesh K +8 more
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Fine‐scale ecological and anthropogenic variables predict the habitat use and detectability of sloth bears in the Churia habitat of east Nepal [PDF]
Ecology and Evolution, 2022 Once widespread throughout the tropical forests of the Indian Subcontinent, the sloth bears have suffered a rapid range collapse and local extirpations in the recent decades.
Manoj Pokharel +4 more
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