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Mammal Review, Volume 56, Issue 1, March 2026.Black bears as apex predators. American black bears can (1) produce top‐down effects on ungulates equal to or exceeding those of typical apex predators and (2) modify the spatiotemporal behaviour of other carnivores, including pumas and coyotes. We argue that the term ‘apex predator’ is highly context dependent and not a species‐wide status.
John M. Nettles +10 more
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Large carnivores in Croatia [PDF]
, 2012 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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Patterns and Determinants of Mortality in Grey Wolves (Canis lupus)
Mammal Review, Volume 56, Issue 1, March 2026.This systematic review reveals the global patterns and drivers of grey wolf mortality, highlighting the high mortality risk associated with human coexistence for this cursorial carnivore, and reshaping previous knowledge to guide management and conservation strategies.
Ana Morales‐González +5 more
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Analysis of Nickel-Binding Proteins from Various Animal Sera
Folia Veterinaria, 2018 Nickel-binding proteins play an important role in the biological processes and can also be utilized in several fields of biotechnology. This study was focused on analysing the nickel-binding proteins from the blood sera of humans (Homo sapiens), cattle ...
Šimková J. +7 more
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Viruses, 2015 Transcriptome analysis of polar bear (Ursus maritimus) tissues identified sequences with similarity to Porcine Endogenous Retroviruses (PERV). Based on these sequences, four proviral copies and 15 solo long terminal repeats (LTRs) of a newly described ...
Kyriakos Tsangaras +3 more
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Registro actualizado de Oso de las Cavernas y otras especies del género Ursus en la República Checa [PDF]
, 2001 [Abstract] During the 2nd half of 20th century, a succession of new Pleistocene localities was discovered and some classical paleontological sites were revised. From many of those places also bear remains were recorded.
Wagner, J.
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Mitochondrial Genomes Reveal an Explosive Radiation of Extinct and Extant Bears near the Miocene-Pliocene Boundary [PDF]
, 2008 Background: Despite being one of the most studied families within the Carnivora, the phylogenetic relationships among the members of the bear family (Ursidae) have long remained unclear.
Bray, Sarah C. E. +17 more
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White‐Tailed Deer Baiting Altered Black Bear Site Use but Not Movements or Range Size
Ecology and Evolution, Volume 16, Issue 2, February 2026.Black bears (Ursus americanus) in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, USA visited sites more often and for longer durations following the application of bait targeting white‐tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus). However, black bear home ranges and movement rates were not influenced by the application of bait.
Nathaniel H. Wehr +5 more
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Genetic turnovers and northern survival during the last glacial maximum in European brown bears
Ecology and Evolution, 2019 The current phylogeographic pattern of European brown bears (Ursus arctos) has commonly been explained by postglacial recolonization out of geographically distinct refugia in southern Europe, a pattern well in accordance with the expansion/contraction ...
Erik Ersmark +23 more
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First recorded case of female Brown bear (Ursus arctos: Ursidae) with five second year cubs
Nature Conservation Research: Заповедная наука, 2018 We report the first case of a super-large brown bear (Ursus arctos) litter surviving until the second year of life. In the Land of the Leopard National Park, using camera traps, we recorded a female with five cubs two times – in March and in December ...
Gleb A. Sedash +4 more
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