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Using tri-axial accelerometers to identify wild polar bear behaviors
Tri-axial accelerometers have been used to remotely identify the behaviors of a wide range of taxa. Assigning behaviors to accelerometer data often involves the use of captive animals or surrogate species, as their accelerometer signatures are generally ...
Pagano, AM +12 more
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Osos (Mammalia, Carnivora, Ursidae) del Pleistoceno Ibérico: II. Estudio anatómico y métrico de la mandíbula, hioides atlas y axis [PDF]
En este trabajo se analizan los aspectos morfológicos y métricos de la mandíbula, hioides, atlas y axis de los grandes osos del Pleistoceno de la Península Ibérica.
Torres Pérez-Hidalgo, Trinidad José
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Advancing the understanding of the human dimensions of Eurasian lynx reintroduction in Scotland
To identify perceived impacts of a lynx reintroduction among stakeholders and to explore factors shaping these perceptions, we conducted 34 unstructured interviews with stakeholders within and in potentially suitable habitat for a lynx reintroduction and surrounding areas in Scotland.
Faye L. Whiley +4 more
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Large carnivores in Croatia [PDF]
Velike zvijeri ne označavaju zasebnu sistematsku kategoriju, već obuhvaćaju pripadnike reda zvijeri koji se ističu svojom veličinom. U Hrvatskoj nalazimo tri vrste velikih zvijeri : sivi vuk (Canis lupus), smeđi medvjed (Ursus arctos) i euroazijski ris ...
Orlović, Ana
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Abstract Yellowstone cutthroat trout Oncorhynchus virginalis bouvieri in Yellowstone Lake are the focus of intensive conservation efforts due to the threat of predation by invasive lake trout Salvelinus namaycush. Suppression gillnetting has reduced the abundance of predatory lake trout, and the Yellowstone cutthroat trout population is recovering ...
Michelle A. Briggs +3 more
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Mortality resulting from human–wildlife conflicts affects wildlife populations globally. Since 2004, we have been researching conservation issues and implementing a comprehensive program to reduce human–bear conflicts (Ursus spp.; HBC) for 3 small ...
Michael F. Proctor +6 more
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Seed dispersal by brown bears promotes trophic facilitation in a human‐dominated landscape
Abstract Seed dispersal is a key ecological process with wide‐ranging implications for plant population dynamics, forest regeneration, and biodiversity maintenance. The role of carnivores and omnivores as endozoochorous dispersers is increasingly acknowledged.
Héctor Ruiz‐Villar +4 more
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BEARS IN PAKISTAN: DISTRIBUTION, POPULATION BIOLOGY AND HUMAN CONFLICTS
We conducted questionnaire based interviews (n = 1873) of respondents coming from 258 localities about bear tracts in northern parts of Pakistan in 2012-2014 to study Himalyan brown (U. arctos isalbellinus) and Himalayan black (U. t.
Fakhar-I-Abbas +3 more
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Polar bear attacks on humans: Implications of a changing climate
Understanding causes of polar bear (Ursus maritimus) attacks on humans is critical to ensuring both human safety and polar bear conservation. Although considerable attention has been focused on understanding black (U. americanus) and grizzly (U.
James M. Wilder +9 more
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Factors influencing calf survival are predation, insects, weather, diseases, and-ultimately-dam condition. In addition, reindeer calves on the Seward Peninsula are also subjected to annual herding and handling.
Chetkiewicz, Cheryl-Lesley B., M.S. +1 more
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