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Feeding enrichment and stereotypic behavior in spectacled bears

Zoo Biology, 1999
The effect of feeding enrichment on the behavior of three spectacled bears (Tremarctos ornatus) was investigated in a large, complex zoo exhibit. Feeding enrichment significantly extended the time bears spent foraging, but no delayed effect on other behaviors was found. The frequency of stereotypic behaviors performed by an old female and a young adult
Mark Fischbacher, Hans Schmid
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Situating the wildlife spectacle: ecofeminism, representation, and polar bear tourism

Journal of Sustainable Tourism, 2015
This paper presents a critical investigation of power relations circulating in promotional materials associated with polar bear tourism in Churchill, Manitoba, Canada. Drawing on precepts of ecofeminism, critical discourse analysis, and the content of cultural texts (websites, souvenirs) produced by tourism operators, businesses, and crown corporations,
Olga Yudina, Bryan S. R. Grimwood
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Tremarctos ornatus (Spectacled bear)

1977
Fibroblast cultures provided the karyotypes shown. The male specimen comes from Los Angeles Zoo, courtesy Dr. G. Kuehn, the female from National Zoo, Washington, D.C. through the courtesy of Dr. D.H. Wurster, Hanover, N.Y. Pairing is arbitrary in most cases, except the last pair of autosomes with characteristic secondary constriction.
T. C. Hsu, Kurt Benirschke
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Models for management of wildlife populations: lessons from spectacled bears in zoos and grizzly bears in Yellowstone

System Dynamics Review, 2004
AbstractModels of population dynamics are frequently used in the management and conservation of wildlife populations. They provide a powerful method of quantitatively assessing a population's risk of decline and determining the potential to reverse the decline. Models from recent studies of managed populations are presented.
Lisa J. Faust   +4 more
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