Search Results - "Garshelis, David L."
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Bears Show a Physiological but Limited Behavioral Response to Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
Published in Current biology (31-08-2015)“…Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have the potential to revolutionize the way research is conducted in many scientific fields [1, 2]. UAVs can access remote or…”
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Population reduction by hunting helps control human–wildlife conflicts for a species that is a conservation success story
Published in PloS one (11-08-2020)“…Among the world's large Carnivores, American black bears (Ursus americanus) are the foremost conservation success story. Populations have been expanding across…”
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Resolving Human-Bear Conflict: A Global Survey of Countries, Experts, and Key Factors
Published in Conservation letters (01-11-2014)“…Human‐bear conflicts cause annoyance, financial losses, injuries, and even death to people. In poorer parts of the world, conflicts with bears can affect local…”
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A most aggressive bear: Safari videos document sloth bear defense against tiger predation
Published in Ecology and evolution (01-07-2024)“…Sloth bears are non‐carnivorous yet they attack more people than any other bear. They often stand up and charge explosively if a person mistakenly gets too…”
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Blood clotting behavior is innately modulated in Ursus americanus during early and late denning relative to summer months
Published in Journal of experimental biology (01-02-2017)“…Remarkably, American black bears (Ursus americanus) are capable of varying their heart rates to coincide with their breathing, creating pauses of 30 s or more,…”
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The shared preference niche of sympatric Asiatic black bears and sun bears in a tropical forest mosaic
Published in PloS one (20-01-2011)“…Ecologically similar species often coexist by partitioning use of habitats or resources. Such partitioning can occur through divergent or shared niches. We…”
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Six Years in the Life of a Mother Bear - The Longest Continuous Heart Rate Recordings from a Free-Ranging Mammal
Published in Scientific reports (17-01-2017)“…Physiological monitoring of free-ranging wild animals is providing new insights into their adaptations to a changing environment. American black bears ( Ursus…”
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Seasonal migrations of black bears (Ursus americanus): causes and consequences
Published in Behavioral ecology and sociobiology (01-04-2011)“…American black bears frequently abandon their home ranges in late summer and move to feeding areas to fatten themselves for hibernation. We examined seasonal…”
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Investigating Co-occurrence among Look-alike Species: The Case of Three Bears in Northeast India
Published in Diversity (Basel) (01-08-2022)“…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…”
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Foraging ecology and coexistence of Asiatic black bears and sun bears in a seasonal tropical forest in Southeast Asia
Published in Journal of mammalogy (01-02-2013)“…Asiatic black bears (Ursus thibetanus) and sun bears (Helarctos malayanus) are ecologically similar and coexist extensively across Southeast Asia. We used…”
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Are American black bears in an agricultural landscape being sustained by crops?
Published in Journal of mammalogy (20-01-2016)“…Human-altered landscapes are thought to reduce habitat quality for many forest-dependent species, but some omnivorous, opportunist species take advantage of…”
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Sun bears use 14‐year‐old previously logged forest more than primary forest in Sabah, Malaysia
Published in Ecosphere (Washington, D.C) (01-10-2021)“…Sun bears (Helarctos malayanus), arguably the least‐known bear species, are endemic to Southeast Asia and are believed to be in rapid decline due to forest…”
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Integrated population modeling of black bears in Minnesota: implications for monitoring and management
Published in PloS one (12-08-2010)“…Wildlife populations are difficult to monitor directly because of costs and logistical challenges associated with collecting informative abundance data from…”
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Seasonal regulation of the growth hormone-insulin-like growth factor-I axis in the American black bear (Ursus americanus)
Published in American journal of physiology: endocrinology and metabolism (01-10-2011)“…The American black bear maintains lean body mass for months without food during winter denning. We asked whether changes in the growth hormone/insulin-like…”
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Do innate food preferences and learning affect crop raiding by American black bears?
Published in Ursus (International Association for Bear Research and Management) (01-05-2015)“…American black bear (Ursus americanus) populations have been expanding geographically, in part because bears are learning to exploit agricultural landscapes…”
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Development and utilization of implantable cardiac monitors in free-ranging American black and Eurasian brown bears: system evolution and lessons learned
Published in Animal biotelemetry (29-09-2018)“…Biologgers can be used to monitor both human and animal physiology and behaviors, activity patterns, and/or environmental stressors. Monitoring of heart rates…”
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Distinguishing Asiatic Black Bears and Sun Bears by Claw Marks on Climbed Trees
Published in The Journal of wildlife management (01-04-2008)“…Asiatic black bears (Ursus thibetanus) and sun bears (Helarctos malayanus) are sympatric in mainland Southeast Asia and face similar threats of habitat loss…”
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Wound healing during hibernation by black bears (Ursus americanus) in the wild: elicitation of reduced scar formation
Published in Integrative zoology (01-03-2012)“…Even mildly hypothermic body or limb temperatures can retard healing processes in mammals. Despite this, we observed that hibernating American black bears…”
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An engineering perspective on the development and evolution of implantable cardiac monitors in free-living animals
Published in Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B. Biological sciences (02-08-2021)“…The latest technologies associated with implantable physiological monitoring devices can record multiple channels of data (including: heart rates and rhythms,…”
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Human-wildlife conflicts influence attitudes but not necessarily behaviors: Factors driving the poaching of bears in China
Published in Biological conservation (2011)“…Human-wildlife conflicts often spur retaliatory killing, which may be a major threat to some wildlife species. Asiatic black bears depredate crops and…”
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