Title
Rapid ecological and behavioural changes in carnivores - the responses of black bears (Ursus americanus) to altered food.
Author(s)
Jon Beckmann and Joel Berger
Published
2003
Publisher
Journal of Zoology
Abstract
This study reveals the response of black bears (Ursus americanus), and changes in their behavior, to the abundance of food - garbage - in urban areas. Results show that urban black bears are less active and spend less time denning than their wildland counterparts. Based on research at the urban–wildland interface and wildland areas at the interface of the Sierra Nevada Range and Great Basin Desert in western North America.
Keywords
Black bears, Ursus americanus, behaviour, human-altered landscapes
Full Citation
Beckmann, J. P., and J. Berger. 2003. Rapid ecological and behavioural changes in carnivores: the responses of black bears (Ursus americanus) to altered food. Journal of Zoology 261(2):207-212.
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