Towards understanding bold behaviour of large carnivores: the case of brown bears in human-modified landscapes
Human–wildlife conflicts sometimes involve bold animals that do not fear humans and their activities. Such behaviour is detrimental to both wildlife and people and may lead to conflicts, which can be especially serious for large carnivores. Like most wildlife, these species have adapted to live in h...
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ftcsic:oai:digital.csic.es:10261/267928 2024-02-11T10:09:19+01:00 Towards understanding bold behaviour of large carnivores: the case of brown bears in human-modified landscapes Bombieri, Giulia Penteriani, Vincenzo Delgado, María del Mar Groff, Claudio Pedrotti, L. Jerina, Klemen Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades (España) Agencia Estatal de Investigación (España) Principado de Asturias Slovenian Research Agency 2021-03-27 http://hdl.handle.net/10261/267928 https://doi.org/10.1111/acv.12680 https://doi.org/10.13039/501100011033 https://doi.org/10.13039/100011941 unknown Zoological Society of London #PLACEHOLDER_PARENT_METADATA_VALUE# info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/AEI/Plan Estatal de Investigación Científica y Técnica y de Innovación 2013-2016/CGL2017-82782-P/ES/ESTUDIO DEL OSO PARDO EN LA CORDILLERA CANTABRICA BAJO LA PERSPECTIVA DE LA COEXISTENCIA ENTRE HUMANOS Y GRANDES CARNIVOROS EN AMBIENTES ANTROPIZADOS/ info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/MINECO//RYC-2014-16263/ES/RYC-2014-16263/ http://doi.org/10.1111/acv.12680 Sí doi:10.1111/acv.12680 issn: 1469-1795 Animal Conservation 24(5): 783-797 (2021) http://hdl.handle.net/10261/267928 http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100011033 http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/100011941 none GPS telemetry Habituation Bold individual Problem individual Human-wildlife conflicts Movement ecology Spatial behaviours Ursus arctos Brown bear artículo http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501 2021 ftcsic https://doi.org/10.1111/acv.1268010.13039/50110001103310.13039/100011941 2024-01-16T11:23:33Z Human–wildlife conflicts sometimes involve bold animals that do not fear humans and their activities. Such behaviour is detrimental to both wildlife and people and may lead to conflicts, which can be especially serious for large carnivores. Like most wildlife, these species have adapted to live in highly humanized landscapes by adopting human avoidance behaviours. However, bold individuals exist, which represent a main cause of conflicts, public fear and negative attitudes, that greatly influence management and conservation actions. Although costly decisions are constantly made to deal with such individuals, evidence-based knowledge of their behaviour, that is how and when they move, especially in relation to human activities, is lacking. We analysed telemetry data of brown bears (Ursus arctos) that were GPS-collared across Slovenia and Trentino (Italy) to explore spatial behaviour and rhythms of activity of bears that were identified as bold by managers and to assess if and how their behaviour differs from that of their ‘non-bold’ conspecifics (hereafter, control individuals). Because other factors such as sex and age of the bear, season, daytime and region may affect behaviour, we also included these variables in our analyses. On one hand, bold bears were more active at the daytime and used open areas considerably more often than control bears. On the other hand, although differences in distance to settlements and roads, movement rates and daily home ranges were also found, they were not as pronounced as expected. Instead, other factors were found to affect bear behaviour and, most importantly, we found strong inter-individual differences in all behaviours. Such results suggest that, although bold bears have some behavioural attributes in common that distinguish them from control bears, each individual differs from one another. Our study represents a first step towards understanding bold bears’ behaviour and provide novel evidence-based knowledge that can help to better know and manage these individuals. GB ... Article in Journal/Newspaper Ursus arctos Digital.CSIC (Spanish National Research Council) Animal Conservation 24 5 783 797 |
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GPS telemetry Habituation Bold individual Problem individual Human-wildlife conflicts Movement ecology Spatial behaviours Ursus arctos Brown bear Bombieri, Giulia Penteriani, Vincenzo Delgado, María del Mar Groff, Claudio Pedrotti, L. Jerina, Klemen Towards understanding bold behaviour of large carnivores: the case of brown bears in human-modified landscapes |
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Human–wildlife conflicts sometimes involve bold animals that do not fear humans and their activities. Such behaviour is detrimental to both wildlife and people and may lead to conflicts, which can be especially serious for large carnivores. Like most wildlife, these species have adapted to live in highly humanized landscapes by adopting human avoidance behaviours. However, bold individuals exist, which represent a main cause of conflicts, public fear and negative attitudes, that greatly influence management and conservation actions. Although costly decisions are constantly made to deal with such individuals, evidence-based knowledge of their behaviour, that is how and when they move, especially in relation to human activities, is lacking. We analysed telemetry data of brown bears (Ursus arctos) that were GPS-collared across Slovenia and Trentino (Italy) to explore spatial behaviour and rhythms of activity of bears that were identified as bold by managers and to assess if and how their behaviour differs from that of their ‘non-bold’ conspecifics (hereafter, control individuals). Because other factors such as sex and age of the bear, season, daytime and region may affect behaviour, we also included these variables in our analyses. On one hand, bold bears were more active at the daytime and used open areas considerably more often than control bears. On the other hand, although differences in distance to settlements and roads, movement rates and daily home ranges were also found, they were not as pronounced as expected. Instead, other factors were found to affect bear behaviour and, most importantly, we found strong inter-individual differences in all behaviours. Such results suggest that, although bold bears have some behavioural attributes in common that distinguish them from control bears, each individual differs from one another. Our study represents a first step towards understanding bold bears’ behaviour and provide novel evidence-based knowledge that can help to better know and manage these individuals. GB ... |
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Bombieri, Giulia Penteriani, Vincenzo Delgado, María del Mar Groff, Claudio Pedrotti, L. Jerina, Klemen |
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Towards understanding bold behaviour of large carnivores: the case of brown bears in human-modified landscapes |
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Towards understanding bold behaviour of large carnivores: the case of brown bears in human-modified landscapes |
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Towards understanding bold behaviour of large carnivores: the case of brown bears in human-modified landscapes |
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Towards understanding bold behaviour of large carnivores: the case of brown bears in human-modified landscapes |
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Towards understanding bold behaviour of large carnivores: the case of brown bears in human-modified landscapes |
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towards understanding bold behaviour of large carnivores: the case of brown bears in human-modified landscapes |
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