Tree rubbing by Yellowstone grizzly bears Ursus arctos

By G. Green, D. Mattson. Wildlife Biology, 2003

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Subfields: Ecology

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Grizzly Bear Density in Glacier National Park, Montana (2008, background): “Rubbing is a ubiquitous behavior of grizzly bears (Green and Mattson 2003); we used no attractant to draw bears to the trails or rub trees.”
Giant panda scent-marking strategies in the wild: role of season, sex and marking surface (2012, background): “Such explanations have been offered for marking by other ursid species (reviewed in Green & Mattson 2003), but bear marking differs from panda marking.”
The mating system of the brown bear Ursus arctos (2012, background): “Home range sizes of reproductive individuals tend to increase during the breeding season; both sexes roam to mate (Glenn et al. 1976, Swenson et al. 2000, Dahle & Swenson 2003c, Stenhouse et al. 2005), and track each other, probably by using scent cues (Green & Mattson 2003, Dahle & Swenson 2003c).”
Estimating abundance of the remnant Apennine brown bear population using multiple noninvasive genetic data sources (2015, unknown): “As bear rubbing is a naturally occurring behavior (Green and Mattson 2003), we did not use lures or other bear attractants.”