Ultimate and proximate mechanisms underlying the occurrence of bears close to human settlements: review and management implications

M Elfström, A Zedrosser, OG Støen… - Mammal …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Large carnivores (LC s), such as bears (U rsidae), are commonly believed to occur near
human settlements because they have a learned tolerance of humans (human habituation) …

Denning in brown bears

E González‐Bernardo, LF Russo… - Ecology and …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Hibernation represents an adaptation for coping with unfavorable environmental conditions.
For brown bears Ursus arctos, hibernation is a critical period as pronounced temporal …

Do bears know they are being hunted?

A Ordiz, OG Støen, S Sæbø, J Kindberg, M Delibes… - Biological …, 2012 - Elsevier
Behavioral effects of living under predation risk may influence the dynamics of prey species
more than direct demographic effects. Human recreation, especially hunting, can also force …

Male reproductive strategy explains spatiotemporal segregation in brown bears

SMJG Steyaert, J Kindberg, JE Swenson… - Journal of Animal …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Spatiotemporal segregation is often explained by the risk for offspring predation or by
differences in physiology, predation risk vulnerability or competitive abilities related to size …

[PDF][PDF] Bird diversity and factors affecting bird abundance at Dullu Municipality, Dailekh, Nepal.

SB SHAH, HP SHARMA - Biodiversitas: Journal of Biological …, 2022 - researchgate.net
Biodiversitas 23: 1535-1545. Bird distribution, diversity, and abundance in any ecosystem
are determined by seasonality, disturbances, and availability of resources. The point count …

Where the bears roam in Majella National Park, Italy

H van Gils, E Westinga, M Carafa, A Antonucci… - Journal for Nature …, 2014 - Elsevier
Abstract The Brown bear (Ursus arctos Linnaeus, 1758) occupies contiguous areas in
Eastern and Northern Europe. In Western Europe, the largest remnant populations occur in …

Spatial Analysis of Factors Influencing Long-Term Stress in the Grizzly Bear (Ursus arctos) Population of Alberta, Canada

ML Bourbonnais, TA Nelson, MRL Cattet, CT Darimont… - PloS one, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Non-invasive measures for assessing long-term stress in free ranging mammals are an
increasingly important approach for understanding physiological responses to landscape …

Ecological consequences of sexually selected traits: an eco-evolutionary perspective

ST Giery, CA Layman - The Quarterly Review of Biology, 2019 - journals.uchicago.edu
Evolution is rapidly gaining attention as an important driver of ecological process. Yet,
evolution via sexual selection has generally been omitted from this emerging synthesis. Our …

[HTML][HTML] Brown bear behaviour in human-modified landscapes: The case of the endangered Cantabrian population, NW Spain

A Zarzo-Arias, M del Mar Delgado, A Ordiz… - Global Ecology and …, 2018 - Elsevier
Large carnivores are recolonizing parts of their historical range in Europe, a heavily
modified human landscape. This calls for an improvement of our knowledge on how large …

Drivers of power line collisions and electrocutions of birds in Nepal

S Hamal, HP Sharma, R Gautam… - Ecology and …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Among the several anthropogenic factors, power lines are increasingly regarded as one of
the most significant hazards to bird species, primarily owing to collisions and electrocutions …