Virginia Morell from ScienceMag.org wrote a note on a study on the behavior of mother brown bears in Scandinavia. Adult male bears are known to kill cubs that are not theirs—and sometimes the mother that defends them. A new study by the […]
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New paper on the brown bear females using humans as shields to mediate sexual conflicts
Selecting the right habitat in a risky landscape is crucial for an individual’s survival and reproduction. In predator–prey systems, prey often can anticipate the habitat use of their main predator and may use protective associates (i.e. typically […]
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“Can hunting data be used to estimate unbiased population parameters?” New study of the Scandinavian Brown Bear Research Project
Scandinavian Brown Bear Research Project team published a new paper based on their long term studies, partially realized also within the GLOBE project. Authors underline that quantifying temporal changes in harvested […]
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How countries deal with bears in Europe
Wildlife damage to human properties is an important component of human-wildlife conflicts worldwide. Which populations are more “conflictive” and why are unresolved questions that need to be dealt at broad scales. The article authored by Carlos Bautista with a team of 23 European brown bear researchers “Patterns and correlates […]
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Will Iwo stay in Ukraine?
Iwo, the bear who last spring became famous for an extraordinary journey from the Tatra to Hungary and then through the Polish Bieszczady Mountains further into the Ukrainian Eastern Carpathians, happily survived the winter in the Gorgany range. His telemetry collar completed its two-year mission and automatically opened.
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