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Journal of Threatened Taxa, 2021 The relocation of conflict bears has been a tool used widely across the United States and Canada with mixed results. It has also been used in India with Sloth Bears, though without follow-up it remains unknown how successful these relocation efforts ...
Attur Shanmugam Arun +6 more
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Frontiers in Conservation Science, 2022 The impact of humans on biodiversity, in the form of the spatially extensive occurrence of humans and subsequent habitat degradation, leads to negative interactions between humans and native wildlife.
Sankarshan Chaudhuri +6 more
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Journal of Threatened Taxa, 2022 The Sloth Bear being myrmecophagous is specialized to feed on ants, termites, and fleshy food; however, no discernible comparison exists on a diet, seasonal feeding pattern, and factor influence in a different habitat of an Indian sub-continent.
Vasantkumar Rabari, Nishith Dharaiya
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Behavioural Profiles of Brown and Sloth Bears in Captivity [PDF]
Animals, 2017 Three brown bear (Ursus arctos arctos) individuals and two sloth bear (Melursus ursinus inornatus) individuals were observed in captivity to produce behavioural profiles for each individual. Data collected through behavioural observations were used to produce activity budgets, and to identify space usage and certain aspects of social behavior ...
G. Q. Pastorino +7 more
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Journal of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, 2021 Post-mortem examination of two sloth bears which died in Bannerghatta Bear Rescue Centre, Bengaluru, Karnataka, were performed. Both the animals were anorectic and had considerable weight loss before death.
N.Gowri Menon +5 more
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Investigating Co-occurrence among Look-alike Species: The Case of Three Bears in Northeast India
Diversity, 2022 At the most basic level, the assessment of a species’ status involves knowing where it occurs. Determining the presence of rare species is difficult, and can be further confounded by the presence of a more common look-alike species.
David L. Garshelis +3 more
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Notulae Scientia Biologicae, 2019 Sloth bear populations in India are threatened, and the ecology and distribution of the species occurring in the region's protected areas are known, but there is no scientific basis underlying management strategies for sloth bear.
Tana P. MEWADA +2 more
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Identifying suitable habitats for sloth bear conservation in Eastern India [PDF]
, 2023 Today, the most significant threats to mammal predators are habitat losses and anthropogenic pressure. Although sloth bears are widely distributed in India, there is still a risk of populations becoming fragmented and isolated.
Mardaraj, Prakash C. +5 more
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An analysis of the illegal bear trade in India
Global Ecology and Conservation, 2021 Throughout the range of bears in Asia, a combination of threats - loss of suitable habitat, increasing human conflict, illegal wildlife trade - are pushing bear populations towards extinction.
Lalita Gomez +3 more
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Using machine learning to predict habitat suitability of sloth bears at multiple spatial scales
Ecological Processes, 2021 Background Habitat resources occur across the range of spatial scales in the environment. The environmental resources are characterized by upper and lower limits, which define organisms’ distribution in their communities.
Tahir Ali Rather +2 more
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