Rapid ecological and behavioural changes in carnivores: the responses of black bears (Ursus americanus) to altered food

By J. Beckmann, J. Berger. 2003

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Evaluation of deterrent techniques and dogs to alter behavior of “nuisance” black bears (2004, background): “Further, desert basins often are large areas of unsuitable desert habitat (e.g., large expanses of sagebrush [Artemesia spp.]) that bears do not use (Goodrich 1990, Beckmann 2002, Beckmann and Berger 2003a).”
Human development and climate affect hibernation in a large carnivore with implications for human–carnivore conflicts (2018, background): “…primary consequences of these conflicts are public safety concerns, property damage and high management costs (Treves, Kapp, & MacFarland, 2010), while for bears, the primary consequence is high mortality (e.g. vehicle collisions, lethal removal; Beckmann & Berger, 2003; Hostetler et al., 2009).”
Shifting perceptions of risk and reward: Dynamic selection for human development by black bears in the western United States (2015, background): “Beckmann and Berger (2003b) similarly suggested that increased use of urban areas could lead to a shift in the bear distribution on the landscape, causing a perceived increase in bear numbers.”
The Rise of the Mesopredator (2009, background): “For example, in suburban areas of the United States, proper trash management and prohibition of wildlife feeding (whether predators or prey) reduces the likelihood of conflict with scavenging predators such as bears and coyotes (Beckmann and Berger 2003).”
Foraging ecology of black bears in urban environments: guidance for human‐bear conflict mitigation (2015, background): “However, patterns differed for urban black bears in the Lake Tahoe region where bears continued to forage on anthropogenic resources regardless of natural food availability (Beckmann and Berger 2003b).”
Going into the 21St century: a perspective on trends and controversies in the management of the American black bear (2007, background): “A Nevada study attributed many traits of urban-interface bears to the availabil ity of human foods, including the 70-90% smaller home ranges, 30% greater body mass, higher re productive success, and later denning and slightly earlier emergence than wildland bears (Beckmann and Berger 2003a, b).”
Food availability and foraging near human developments by black bears (2013, background): “Indeed, it has been reported that black bears shift their activity patterns to forage at night within urban areas (Ayres et al. 1986; Beckmann and Berger 2003a), presumably to avoid encounters with humans.”
Urban ecological systems: scientific foundations and a decade of progress. (2011, background): “animals include altered seasonality, such as denning and hibernation in black bears (Beckmann and Berger, 2003).”
Regulation of animal size by eNPP, Bergmann's rule, and related phenomena (2011, background): “Access to suburban and urban garbage leads to an increase in body size and a decrease in foraging radius at relatively high population densities in American black bears (Beckmann and Berger 2003, Weaver 2004).”